Advanced Diploma in Tort Law
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma in Tort Law at LSLPE is a Level 5 senior-track programme running 12 to 15 months on-campus, online or by distance learning. The syllabus works the whole spine of English tort law, from negligence through nuisance, occupiers' liability, product liability, defamation and vicarious liability, and is aligned with the technical competencies recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, CILEX and the Bar Standards Board. This programme is a strong foundation for progression to the SQE or the Bar route.
By graduation you will have drafted particulars of claim, prepared a settlement note, run a mock case-management conference, and produced a supervised project on a live tort file. You will be able to write to the standard expected in a claimant firm, an insurer's in-house team or a public authority defendant desk.
Key Features
- Case sessions on Donoghue v Stevenson, Caparo, Rylands v Fletcher and modern Supreme Court tort authority.
- Alignment with Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), CILEX and Bar Standards Board (BSB) technical expectations.
- Weekly drafting workshops on particulars of claim, defences, Part 18 requests and settlement notes.
- Guest sessions from claimant and defendant practitioners in chambers and City firms.
- Confirmed credit transfer into a UK Bachelor's top-up in law.
- Three parallel study modes so serving paralegals and progressor students share the same cohort.
What You Will Learn
- Applying duty, breach, causation and damage to modern negligence files.
- Handling occupiers' liability, employers' liability and product liability instructions.
- Drafting particulars of claim and defences to CPR standards.
- Assessing causation in complex, cumulative and mesothelioma-type cases.
- Running a defamation and privacy analysis under the Defamation Act 2013.
- Advising on public-authority liability and human-rights overlays.
- Preparing settlement notes and running a mock case-management conference.
- Cross-examining witness statements and expert reports on tort files.
Who This Course Is For
- Paralegals in personal injury, clinical negligence or insurance defendant work.
- CILEX candidates seeking a senior-track tort credential.
- Progressor students from a Level 4 Diploma articulating into a Bachelor's top-up.
- Working professionals in insurance, risk and claims moving into legal-analyst roles.
- International applicants preparing for UK-jurisdiction tort practice.
Career Pathways
- Paralegal in claimant or defendant tort teams
- Legal Executive on personal-injury or clinical-negligence files
- Compliance Officer in insurance and risk
- Legal Adviser in a claims-management function
- In-house Counsel supporting a defendant desk
- Contract Lawyer in an insurer's supply-chain team
- Legal Analyst at a claims consultancy
- Legal Researcher in chambers with a tort practice
The LSLPE careers service curates introductions across chambers, City firms, insurers and claims consultancies, and refreshes curriculum alignment annually against Bar Standards Board, Political Studies Association and Royal Economic Society guidance.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant professional experience in a paralegal, claims or insurance role.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
- One academic or professional reference.
- Applicants with case-work, litigation or claims portfolios are encouraged to include them.
Why Study at LSLPE
LSLPE is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. Central London places the Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court, City claims firms and defendant chambers within a short tube ride of every seminar room, which matters when your case sources are decided a few streets away.
Every intake, on-campus or remote, joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support. Seminars are run in the case-room tradition, evidence-led and argued in public, and the careers service connects students with employers across chambers, City firms and specialist insurers.
Apply for Advanced Diploma in Tort Law
Applications for the Advanced Diploma in Tort Law are open now, with confirmed credit transfer into a Bachelor's top-up at enrolment. Enrol on a UK Level 5 Advanced Diploma at LSLPE and progress towards the SQE, Bar or CILEX routes with a working tort portfolio in hand. Enrol Now
