Dr Simon Crabtree

LANM07 Law of Obligations

The module covers the key elements of the system of obligations in law and forms. Law of contract is at the heart of the system of obligations, together with tort and restitution. It provides the essential foundation for further subjects in the areas of commercial, consumer, company and business law as well as international trade. The matters covered within the law of contract include contract formation and contents, vitiating and avoidance factors, terms and performance of contract as well as remedies. The Law of Tort is a branch of the civil law which provides possible remedies for the protection of a person¿s interests in relation to different forms of loss which may be experienced as a result of different types of incident. The module covers the tort of negligence, which is numerically the most common and easily the most flexible in terms of the interests that it protects. The module will consider in detail all aspects of negligence from the inception of a claim to the eventual award of compensatory damages. Students will also focus on product and occupiers¿ liability, and the tort of nuisance.