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Title
Apply the tort of negligence to a given fact situation
Level
5
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain the
law of torts, and apply the tort of negligence to a given fact
situation.
Classification
Business Environment > Business Law
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
A given fact situation refers to a situation giving rise to no more than three legal
issues, where the facts, either hypothetical or actual, are provided in the form of case
studies for assessment purposes.
2
Assessment
Candidate must demonstrate the ability to determine the facts of each fact situation,
identify the legal issues, and identify and apply the law.
3
Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes but is not limited to:
Contributory Negligence Act 1947.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the law of torts.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Torts are explained in relation to their distinction from a crime and a contract.
1.2
Torts are explained in terms of their nature, characteristics, and the parties
involved.
Range
1.3
at least two torts from – defamation, negligence, negligent
misstatement, nuisance, inducing breach of contract, trespass.
Vicarious liability is explained in relation to third party liability in civil law.
Range
employers, principals, corporations.
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General defences for torts are explained.
Range
inevitable accident, voluntary assumption of risk.
Outcome 2
Apply the tort of negligence to a given fact situation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The tort of negligence is applied to a given fact situation.
2.2
Defences available to an action in negligence are applied to a given fact
situation.
2.3
Remedies available in the tort of negligence are applied to a given fact situation.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 September 1997
31 December 2018
Revision
2
16 January 2001
31 December 2018
Review
3
17 July 2009
N/A
Rollover
4
24 October 2014
N/A
Rollover
5
21 January 2016
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0113
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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