**HD [80] NOTES** Advanced Torts (LAW4301)

Description

- These notes cover every examinable topic for the subject ‘Advanced Torts’. Notes will elevate your compression of torts laws beyond the traditional focus on negligence. Notes include discussion on array of torts, alongside contemporary issues pertinent to tortious liability and explores the intricate mechanisms through which torts law rectifies civil wrongs, scrutinising the societal, economic, and political frameworks shaping liability rules. Notes adopt a comparative approach, drawing insights from various jurisdictions to provide a comprehensive perspective. - Notes include all assessable topics relevant to the assignment and take home exam. - Content of notes will also assist you in generating real-time responses to class discussions. TOPICS COVERED - Topic 1: Negligence Law & Alternative Compensation Scheme - Topic 2: Tort Liability for Psychiatric Harm at Work - Topic 3: Liability for Infliction of Emotional Distress - Topic 4: Privacy Law Reform - Topic 5: Dignity and the Law of Torts - Topic 6: Action for Breach of Statutory Duty - Topic 7: Tricky Torts in Action - Topic 8: Uncertain Causation - Topic 9: Loss of Chance - Topic 10: Reproductive Wrongs - Topic 11: Immunities