Postgraduate - UnitLAW7283 - Loss, causation and damages

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Offered	City (Melbourne) Full year (extended) 2012 (DE-ONLINE)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Randall Kune

Notes

For postgraduate Law discontinuation dates, please see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/current-students/postgraduate/pg-disc-dates.html

Synopsis

Overview of the law relating to damages
Role of the expert in the assessment of damages.

Unit topics:

The nature of damages
Causation and remoteness
Mitigation of loss
Categories of damages - including Tort, Contract, Product liability, Trade Practices, equitable damages, criminal damages.
Measure of damages

Outcomes

At the successful completion of this unit the student should be able to:

identify the basic rules of law relating to damages
apply those rules of law to the assessment of damages.

Assessment

The unit will be assessed as Pass or Fail only and no grades will be allocated.

There will be ongoing assessment including reflective activities, case studies, assignments and a final assessment task. Participation in the online discussion group will also be required.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor George Hampel

Prerequisites

LAW7281 and LAW7282.

Must be enrolled in Graduate Certificate of Forensic Studies.

Co-requisites

LAW7284