LAW2105 Tort Coursework Assessment Brief 2025/26

LAW2105 Assessment Coursework

Assignment structure, format and details

The coursework should be typed on white, A4 paper, in 12 point font. A bibliography should be included at the end of the coursework. Cases must be cited correctly, but the full citation may be contained in footnotes. Please note that work which is not properly referenced will not achieve a good grade.

Word count must be recorded and failure to do so, or incorrectly stating the word count, will result in 2% being deducted from your final mark for the coursework. Your bibliography and footnotes do not count towards the word count, PROVIDED they are used for referencing/citation purposes only. Any explanatory text in footnotes will not be read or assessed.

You must fully attribute any judicial quotations or passages taken from articles or textbooks. Failure to do so may result in your work being referred to Academic Registry for Plagiarism. Please note: If you do not reference your coursework properly, you cannot gain a grade 1 or 2.1. If in doubt, consult your tutor.

Assessed learning outcome(s)

Knowledge

On completion of this coursework the successful student will be able to:

Use a range of sources including applicable case and statute law to solve problems and issues raised in tort;

Analyse in depth a wide range of legal concepts, values, principles and rules of the law of torts and to explain the relationship between them in a number of particular areas.

Skills

This assessment will call for the successful student to:

Use a range of sources including electronic and printed sources in order to extract the relevant law and literature, using referencing tools appropriately;

Use a range of sophisticated techniques to solve problems and be able to relate knowledge of rules of law to factual situations in order to reach reasoned conclusions;

Demonstrate numeracy sufficient to calculate damages upon a contributory negligence finding by the court, in terms of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945.