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‘The Key Cases’ for AS and A Level OCR Law

Redesigned with new cases
and activities for the
new specification!

Boost exam recall with this bank of stimulating, easy-to-use, topic-by-topic activities. Ensure they know the key Acts of Parliament and cases that will help them to achieve the highest possible grades in the new 2017 OCR specification.

Clearly enhances student learning in Law

P Emerton, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

Every topic includes a variety of activities designed to reinforce different skills.

  1. Learn: Learning Grids help students to recognise the outcomes and significance of each case and increases understanding – a great, easy-to-set homework task!
  2. Reinforce: ‘Match-up’ and ‘Dominoes’ provide a useful bank of starter and plenary tasks to help reinforce knowledge of key cases.
  3. Revise: ‘Flash cards’ and ‘make your own glossary’ are ready-made for revision and ensure students retain the key information.

This is something that students have been requesting, especially the exhaustive list of cases for each topic

S Harwood, Subject Coordinator and Peer Reviewer
Revision CD includes ‘Match-up’ Dominoes and Flash Card PDFs
  • A ready-made reference list for OCR Law
  • Clear ‘at a glance’ summaries, making cases easier to recall in an exam
  • Promotes active learning & supports weaker learners through structured activities

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What do teachers say about this resource? (10211)

This resource is every Law teachers and students dream. The layout is nice, clear and concise. Excellently presented.

The nature of the topics results in a lot of cases. This can be daunting for students, but this author has indicated using stars the priority cases. This is turn should put some students at ease.

This resource is essential for teacher paper 2 - Law of Tort.

L Amparbeng, Head of Law & Peer Reviewer

Brilliant resource to be used to help students prep for exams. The layout is user friendly and key points are well explained. If it could be adapted so staff could substitute cases or remove to suit their teaching needs it would save so much work for staff.

A Christie, Head of Law & Peer Reviewer

What do teachers say about this resource? (10210)

This will prove to be a valuable resource for teachers/lecturers and students alike, inasmuch as it is very comprehensive in its treatment of the various cited cases, which are quite up-to-date in their respective areas. Not only will it prove an asset to those studying the OCR scheme of work, but also that of the WJEC AS, as well as the new CIE's Tort element.

The authors' introductory advice and guidance in particular was most impressive, and very useful in breaking down the approach to the study of these Tort elements; students will undoubtedly benefit from the sound guidance offered, and teachers/lecturers would be well-advised to adopt this very helpful approach

There is a very focused approach to the learning and citing of important cases, with useful encouragement to students, as well as positive suggestions on how these cases should be utilised. Therefore, there is not only a comprehensive list of relevant cases, but also very useful suggestions on classroom methods of teaching/lecturing. Hence, in my respectful opinion, there is a very high educational value to this resource.

I found the resource very user-friendly in both its scope and application; it was well- structured, but also presented in language which a student at this level would relate to easily.

The resource is geared to the demands of the specifications, and focuses upon many of the important - and sometimes difficult - issues arising from some of the legal principles that derive from a court's judgment. The facts of a specific case are well laid out, and the relevance of that particular case is well-reflected in the explanations offered.

B Davies, Head of Law & Peer Reviewer

[Would you purchase this resource for your teaching?] Yes definitely – I believe it would save me time from developing resources to learn cases as well as benefiting students in terms of retrieving knowledge of cases using a variety of recall methods. I think that this is a very useful resource which allows for learning and retrieving of knowledge of key cases in the Tort Topic. This is reinforced through the variety of activities which will be useful to reinforce the knowledge of the cases and provide variety in one of the things students find hardest about the Law specification – learning all the cases! I particularly like the clear grid of cases at the start of the activity pack which lists the key cases for the topic/subtopic – this gives students a good overview of the key cases that need to be remembered for their examinations. I also like the ranking of the cases in priority order, using the star ranking. This is very good to enable students to highlight the key cases they need to remember for each topic – one of the things I am commonly asked by students is “what cases do I REALLY need to know?” and this resource makes this clearly known.

J Watkinson, Teacher, Examiner & Peer Reviewer

What do teachers say about this resource? (8985)

This is a good, useful and timely resource for the new OCR A Level Law specification, which should be seized on by Law teachers concerned at the current paucity of resources for the new course. It answers the need for activities to boost the tricky activity for students of revising cases... The resource clearly enhances student learning in Law and, most importantly, promotes the accurate revision and recall of a number of key cases, which is essential for success in this subject. The educational value is therefore high.

P Emerton, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

It provides some support for lower level learners and would be helpful for revision activities.

A Christie, Law Teacher and Peer Reviewer

What do teachers say about this resource? (8988)

I like this resource and the emphasis on authority as this is an area that student do struggle with in Law, especially students in year 12. The case match up activities in this resource are a particular strength I think. They allow students to focus on the legal principles of cases as opposed to facts... I very much liked the “case studies grids”. I think these will provide some structure and guidance for students to keep on top of the case law they learn. The case match up tasks will be particularly useful for starters and plenaries. I also liked that authority for both the narrow and wide interpretations of the Golden Rule have been specified.

E Nash, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

Very detailed, useful resource with both interactive aspects (matching pairs) at the start of the handout, before, this moves on to the comprehensive case lists towards the back of the handout... concise case digest for Year 12 students who I am finding struggle significantly with remembering cases. The concise list of statutes is also extremely helpful and can be used by the students to test each other and therefore, enhance their learning.

L Rainford, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

This is something that students have been requesting, especially the exhaustive list of cases for each topic. This resource is going to be most helpful for stretching the most able and for those who are going on to study Law at university, especially as we teach to the AS in year one.

S Harwood, Subject Coordinator and Peer Reviewer

What do teachers say about this resource? (8987)

I liked the range of activities included for students, which were very accessible considering students would be attempting law for the first time. Useful writing frames for students to complete. Year 12s particularly enjoy a writing frame and I have found them the easiest way for students to engage in study.

L Rainford, Teacher and Peer Reviewer

I very much liked the “case studies grids”. I think these will provide some structure and guidance for students to keep on top of the case law they learn. I also liked the inclusion of the “Content of Legal System sub-unit” page so that students can clearly see what they need to learn and where they are required to evaluate.

E Nash, Law Teacher and Peer Reviewer