Unit description
Examines the principles applicable to the law of negligence, vicarious liability, damages in Tort and defences to actions in negligence by critically examining relevant legislation and cases in Australian jurisdictions. Together with Law of Torts 1 , satisfies the areas of knowledge requirements for Torts prescribed by the relevant Admission Authorities in each state.
Unit content
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Introduction to Negligence
- An Overview
- Elements of negligence
- The Duty of Care
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The Duty of Care:
- Special Duty Situations
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Breach of Duty of Care:
- The Civil Liability Legislation
- The Standard of Care
- Breach and the Negligence Calculus
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Causation and Proof of Breach:
- Factual Causation and the ‘but for’ Test
- Attributive Causation
- Scope of Liability
- Damage and Remoteness
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Defences:
- Contributory Negligence
- Voluntary Assumption of Risk and Obvious Risk
- Illegality
- Exclusion clauses
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Particular Negligence Situations 1:
- Abnormal Plaintiffs
- Medical Liability
- Mental Injury
- Pure Economic Loss
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Particular Negligence Situations 2:
- Product Liability
- Occupier’s Liability
- Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties
- Statutory Authorities
- Breach of Statutory Duty
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Damages:
- Types of Damages
- Compensatory Damages for Personal Injury
- Property Damage
- Time and the Limitations Acts
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | demonstrate an understanding of the core principles of the torts of negligence | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
2 | critically examine the principles by which the common law and legislature determine legal claims with respect to injury caused to one person by another; | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
3 | Demonstrate an ability to synthesise a highly developed legal argument and apply case law and legislative provisions to respond to complex issues raised in factual legal problems relating to the law of negligence, damages and defences; | Intellectual rigour | Creativity |
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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Commencing 2018 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3
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