How long is the Higher Diploma in Tort Law?

The Higher Diploma in Tort Law runs 15 to 18 months. Distance learners on the Higher Diploma in Tort Law follow the same seminar calendar as on-campus cohorts.

How is the Higher Diploma in Tort Law delivered?

The Higher Diploma in Tort Law is available on-campus in central London, online and by distance learning. Every mode of the Higher Diploma in Tort Law includes the drafting laboratory and moot programme.

Is the Higher Diploma in Tort Law recognised in the UK?

Yes, the Higher Diploma in Tort Law sits at UK Level 5 and articulates into a Bachelor's top-up. The Higher Diploma in Tort Law is aligned with SRA and CILEX outcomes.

What entry requirements apply to the Higher Diploma in Tort Law?

You will need a Level 4 Diploma or Advanced Diploma for the Higher Diploma in Tort Law, plus GCSE English and Maths. IELTS 6.0 applies to international applicants for the Higher Diploma in Tort Law.

What is the cost of the Higher Diploma in Tort Law and is funding available?

Fees for the Higher Diploma in Tort Law are published on the LSLPE admissions page. Staged payment and employer sponsorship are considered for the Higher Diploma in Tort Law on application.

Higher Diploma in Tort Law | LSLPE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The Higher Diploma in Tort Law is a UK Level 5 qualification running 15 to 18 months across on-campus, online and distance routes, with confirmed articulation into a UK Bachelor's top-up in the same discipline. The programme is aligned with SRA Statement of Solicitor Competence themes and CILEX unit outcomes, and it develops working paralegals into senior-track tort practitioners.

By graduation you will have drafted particulars of claim in personal injury and clinical negligence matters, produced medical records analysis notes, argued a moot on a novel duty of care question, and completed a capstone portfolio on defamation, privacy or product liability practice.

Key Features

Programme aligned with SRA Statement of Solicitor Competence themes and CILEX outcomes.
Structured articulation into a UK Bachelor's top-up confirmed in writing at enrolment.
Weekly seminars in the case-room tradition of the Inns of Court.
Live drafting laboratory covering particulars of claim, letters of claim and offers.
Case-book studies rooted in UK Supreme Court and Court of Appeal tort decisions.
Guest sessions with practising personal injury and clinical negligence solicitors.
Dedicated stream on defamation and privacy under Defamation Act 2013.

What You Will Learn

Apply the Caparo three-stage test to novel duty of care questions.
Draft personal injury and clinical negligence particulars of claim.
Advise on breach, causation and remoteness at Supreme Court standards.
Handle medical records analysis for clinical negligence matters.
Analyse nuisance and rule in Rylands v Fletcher claims.
Advise on defamation, malicious falsehood and privacy claims.
Interpret the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in product liability matters.
Argue a tort moot on skeleton and oral submission standards.

Who This Course Is For

Paralegals in personal injury, clinical negligence or defamation teams.
Working practitioners in claims-management moving to legal-executive routes.
Legal executives building formal tort law evidence.
International applicants studying English tort law at senior level.
Applicants targeting a Bachelor's top-up in law.

Career Pathways

Paralegal in a personal injury or clinical negligence team.
Legal Executive on the CILEX progression path in tort practice.
Legal Adviser at a claims-management or trade union legal service.
In-house Counsel at an insurer or self-insured business.
Compliance Officer at a healthcare provider.
Legal Researcher at a specialist tort chambers.
Contract Lawyer support on product liability indemnities.
Legal Analyst at a legal-tech claims-triage provider.

The LSLPE careers service links Higher Diploma cohorts to specialist tort sets, City insurance teams and trade-union legal services.

Entry Requirements

A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Advanced Diploma or comparable qualification.
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.
Working professionals moving from paralegal, claims-management or in-house roles are welcomed to reference their case files at application.

Why Study at LSLPE

The London School of Law, Politics and Economics is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. The Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court and specialist personal injury and clinical negligence sets sit within a short walk of every LSLPE seminar room.

Three parallel study modes let progressors, working paralegals and international applicants complete the Higher Diploma in Tort Law without leaving employment, and the LSLPE careers service maintains standing links with tort law recruiters.

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Complete the Higher Diploma in Tort Law at LSLPE and articulate directly into a UK Bachelor's top-up in the same discipline. Credit transfer is confirmed in writing at enrolment. Enrol Now.