SQE1 Tort Law – Rules, Exceptions & Key Distinctions Cheat Sheet

A comprehensive 42-page SQE1 Tort Law revision guide designed to help you understand, organise and quickly recall the rules most likely to be tested in multiple-choice questions.

The resource is structured to follow the relevant SRA SQE1 Assessment Specification and Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) applicable.

The cheat sheet presents Tort Law in structured, colour-coded tables separating the general rule, exceptions, important limits, MCQ trigger words, legal effects and relevant timelines.

Topics covered include:

• Negligence and established duties of care
• Novel duties and the Caparo test
• Breach of duty and standards of care
• Factual and legal causation
• Remoteness of damage
• Pure economic loss
• Negligent misstatements
• Psychiatric harm
• Employers' liability
• Defences, including contributory negligence and consent
• Personal injury and fatal accident damages
• Vicarious liability
• Occupiers' liability
• Product liability and the Consumer Protection Act 1987
• Private nuisance, public nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher

The guide places particular emphasis on the distinctions that commonly decide SQE1 questions, including when special duty rules apply, differences between types of loss, causation issues, statutory liability and available defences.

The resource is designed for use when consolidating Tort Law, preparing for mocks or completing final-stage revision before the SQE1 examination.

Please note: This is an independently prepared revision resource and is not affiliated with, approved by or endorsed by the SRA, Kaplan, any university, education provider or SQE training provider. It is intended as a supplementary study aid and should be used alongside the official SQE assessment specification and your main study materials.