10961 (v.3) Law (Torts) 502

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Area:	School of Business Law
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	11010 (v.2) Law (Contract) 101 or any previous version     OR     5934 (v.4) Legal Environment 560 or any previous version AND 11011 (v.3) Legal Framework 100 or any previous version
Legal research and reasoning. Policies of tort liability. Negligence - standard of care, duty of care. Specific situations, affirmative actions, physical damage, nervous shock, economic loss, negligent words, causation and remoteness, assessment of damages and defences, professional negligence, intentional infliction of purely economic loss. Defamation. Nuisance.