UNI

VERSI
TYOFNAI
ROBI
FACULTYOFLAW

GPR101:Tor
ts1
Bachel
orofLaws

Cour
seOut
li
ne:

Year2021-
2022:
Semest
er1

Inst
ruct
ors:
a)DrRobertKi
bugi–Regular,
Par kl
andsCampus
b)Clari
ceWambua–Modul eIIDay(WithDrKi
bugi
),Par
klandsCampus
c)NerimaWere–Ev eni
ng,
Par klandsCampus(onl
i
ne)
d)PeterPet
e–KisumuCampus
e)KenEchesa,Vi
ncentYat
ani –MombasaCampus

Modeofcl
assi
nst
ruct
ion:

1.Physi
calcl
assesbl endedwithonli
nepart
ici
pat
ionperinstr
uctorgui
dance
(Al
lDayt
imeclasses)
2.Onli
nevi
deoconferencepart
ici
pati
on(Ev
eningCl
ass,Par
klands)

Cont
act
s&Of
fi
ceHour
s

Off
ice:Facult
yofLaw,ParklandsCampus.Bl
ockB.
Off
iceHours:onappointmentv i
aemail
Email:
rmkibugi@uonbi
.ac.
ke;cwambua@uonbi.
ac.
ke;
naki
nyi
@uonbi
.
ac.
ke

A.Pr
eli
minar
ymat
ter
s:
a)Lear
ningper
iod:
Oct
ober2021–Januar
y2022.

b)ContactHours:45
c)Pre-
requi
sit
e:None
d)Purposeofthecourse:

Tointr
oducel ear
nerst
othehi
stor
yandor
igi
nofli
abi
li
tyforcausi
nginjuri
esorhar
m
underAfricancust
omaryl
awandatcommonl aw,
generalpr
inci
plesoftort
ious
l
iabi
li
ty,explai
nthe

e)Expect
edLear
ningOut
comes:

Att
heendoft
hecour
se,
alear
nershoul
dbeabl
eto;

1.Discusst hehistoryandor i
ginofliabil
it
yforcausingi nj
uryorharm under
Afri
cancust omar ylawandatcommonl aw.
2.Applyt hegener alprinciplesoftortliabil
it
y.
3.Exami nehowt hel awoft or tworksi ncl
udingitssocialpurpose.
4.Explaintheobject iveoft hel awoft ort.
5.Assesst herelationshipbet weent ortandcertainotherbranchesoflaw.
6.Explainthedifferentt ypesoft or
t sandhowt heyarecr eat
ed.
7.Evaluatethelawoft or
tsi nnegli
gence, i
tsmainelement sandapplicati
on.

f
) ModeofDel
iv
ery

Lectures,
Gr oupdi
scussi
ons,
Tutori
alsandstudentcent
redpract
ical
exer
cisest
hat
i
nv ol
vewr i
ttenwork,
groupdi
scussi
onandr ol
eplayalongsi
deaudioandvi
sual
presentat
ions.

g)Cour
seAssessment
:

Cont
inuousassessment
,assi
gnment
s - 30%

Exami
nat
ions: - 70%

Tot
al - 100%

h)Readi
ngMat
eri
als:

1. Sol omon,McI nnes,Chamber l

ainandPi tel
,CasesandMat eri
alsontheLawof
Torts,7t
hed.( Carswell,
2009)
2. R. A.BuckleyandR. F.
V.Heuston( 1996),SalmondandHeust onont heLawof
st
Torts,21 edit
ion,SweetandMaxwel l
.
3. JohnMur phy(2007)St
, r
eetonTor t
s,12thedi
tion,
OxfordUniversi
tyPress.
4. JennySt eele(2007),TortLaw:Text ,CasesandMat eri
als,Oxfor
dUni ver
sity
Press.
5. RecommendedRef erenceMat er
ial
sf ordecidedKenyanCasesandSt at
utes:
Keny aLawRepor t
shttp:/
/www. keny
alaw.org

2
B.Cour
seCont
ent
:

Meaning,natureanddef ini
tionoft ort;dev elopmentofl i
abili
tyf orinj
uryorhar m
underAfri
cancustomarylaw; devel
opmentoft ortatcommonl aw; purposeoft helaw
oftort
s;howt ort
sarecr eated;generalprinciplesoft ortl
iabi
lit
y;andt hedi sti
nct
ion
betweent or
t,cont
ract
,cr i
meandbr eachoft rust;typesoft ort
iousl i
abili
ty;l
aw of
tor
tsinnegl i
gence–hi story,pri
nciples,dut yofcar e,standardofcar e,causation,
remotenessofdamage, defences,fi
ndi ngondef endantli
abil
it
y,remedi es,negli
gence
l
awr efor
m.

C.Schedul
eofcl
asses

1.Discusst
hehi
stor
yandori
ginofl
iabi
li
tyf
orcausi
ngi
njur
yorhar
m underAf
ri
can
customar
ylawandatcommonlaw.Week1–2

a.Classi
ntr
oducti
onofconceptofli
abil
i
ty
b.Classdi
scussi
onontradi
ti
onalandcontempor
aryf
ormsofl
i
abi
li
ty
c.Classwri
tt
engrouptake-
waydiscussi
ontaskt
ogiv
eexampl
esof(b)
.
Tasksmarked.5markseach.

2.Applyt
hegener alpri
ncipl
esoftor tl
iabi
li
ty.(
Week3)
a.Negl i
gence: Dutyofcare,standardofcar
e,br
eachofdut
y
b.Intenti
onal tor
ts:Voli
ti
on,intent.
c.Strictli
abil
i
t y
d.Vicariousli
abi l
i
ty

3.Rel
evanceoftheLawofTor tstosociet
y.(Week3)
a.Howt hel awoft ortworksincl
udingit
ssocialpur
pose.
b.Theobj ecti
veoft helawoft or
t.
c.Assessingt herelati
onshi
pbet weentortandcert
ainotherbr
anchesofl
aw.
d.Thedi f
ferentty
pesoft or
tsandhowt heyarecreated.

4.TheLawofTor
tsi
nNegl
i
genceWeek4–12)

a)I
ntr
oduct
ion

b)El
ement
sofNegl
i
gence

(
i)Dut
yofCar
e(Week4–6)

 I
ntroductiontot heDutyofCare
 Classi
cal NeighbourPrinci
ple
 Donoguev .Stevenson
 Evolut
iont oModer nDut yofCar
e–Rul
einCapar
ovDi
ckman(
orAnnsTest
)
 The‘Three-Stage’Test:
o For eseeabili
ty
o Pr oximity

3
 o Fai
r,j
ustandr
easonabl
e

(
ii
)St
andar
dofCar
e(Week7-
9)

 Reasonablepersontest
 Speci
alStandardsofCare
o Inrelat
iontochil
dren
o Professionofspecial
ski
l
l
o
(
ii
i)
Causati
on( Week9-10)

 The“
butf
or”t
est
o Except
ionst
othe“
butf
or”t
est
.

(
iv)
Remot
enessofDamage(
Week10-
11)

 For
eseeabili
tyvsDirect
ness
 Theforeseeabi
li
tytest
 Modficat
ionstothef or
eseeabil
i
tyt
est
o Thi nskullpl
ainti
ffrule
o Ki ndofinjur
y
o Thepossi bi
l
ityofinjur
y

(
v)Def
ences( Week12)
 Volentinonf itinjuri
a
o Agr eement
o Knowl edge
o Vol untariness
o Rescuecases
 Exturpi causa
 Contributorynegl igence
o Thecommonl awapproaches
o Thest atutoryregi
me
o Faul toft heclaimant
o Causat i
on
o Appor tionment
 Inevi
tableacci dent

(
vi)
Damages(
Week12)

ENDOFSEMESTER