LAU22101 Private Law Remedies

 Learning Outcomes  

By the end of this module, students should be able to:   

•     Evaluate remedial strategies from a range of theoretical and comparative perspectives,  

•     Analyse private law claims at law and in equity to determine the appropriate remedy or remedies, and  

•     Display command of the interplay between rights and remedies, and their location within the wider body of the private law of obligations.  

Module Content   

The capstone of private law analysis is a conceptual understanding of the remedies available to a plaintiff in civil proceedings at Common Law and in Equity to vindicate those obligations. This course analyses the remedial goals (such as compensation for loss, punishment for wrongdoing, or restitution of unjust enrichment) underpinning various personal and proprietary remedies available for private law claims arising from tort, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, equitable wrongs, and so on. The substantive issues (such as causation, remotes, damages, proprietary remedies, and so on) will be considered in their own terms, and compared and contrasted across various subject-areas (such as Contract, Tort, Unjust Enrichment, Equity, and so on).  

Studying this course relies on prior substantive knowledge of private law obligations acquired in the Tort (JF) and Contract (JF) modules, and it is very strongly recommended that students retain their textbooks, notes etc from those modules for this one. There are also strong links between PLR and Equity (SF, HT) but prior knowledge of the latter will not be assumed.