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Personal Injury Litigation (LAWS90260)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
November
Nick Mann (Coordinator)
Overview
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This subject builds on students’ understanding of tort law and its alternatives, and in so doing exposes them to the practice of law on behalf of plaintiffs severely injured - perhaps in the workplace or in motor vehicle accidents. The doctrinal focus of the subject will be on personal injury compensation schemes. Students will ply and develop their statutory interpretation skills in learning how personal injury compensation regimes have been implemented – both through complaint and resolution before the courts. With a solid grounding in compensation schemes, students will progress to discuss how to use these areas of law for clients severely injured in accidents. Students will be exposed to theoretical, practical and experiential appraisals of client centred lawyering, the acquisition and presentation of expert evidence, and the process and resolution of compensation claims. In this sense, the subject presents modules that enable students to learning the law and to learning about the practice of the law.
Intended learning outcomes
A student who has successfully completed this subject will have developed:
- A doctrinally grounded understanding of the operation and contemporary legal issues around workplace injury compensation schemes and road traffic compensation schemes.
- An enhanced ability in interpreting statutes and a practically and contextually informed understanding of court rules and processes, especially on matters concerning expert evidence.
- A practical understanding and a self-awareness of their capacity to act on behalf of a severely injured client in advancing a compensation claim or in a court proceeding.
- An appreciation of the relevance of different disciplines and expertise to the application of the law, including medicine, psychiatry, and technology.
- A critical understanding of how the law reaches resolutions and the role and agency of various actors in the legal process.
Generic skills
- Legal analysis and problem-solving skills, including responding to a scenario using well founded legal thinking and demonstrating an understanding and application of statutory interpretation and civil procedure principles.
- Personal and professional skills, including presenting information, advice and submissions to judges, clients and peers, and self-reflection on performance and the capacity to act as a plaintiff lawyer and the function of the plaintiff lawyer in the pursuit of justice for their client.
- Client centred skills, including empathy and communication skills, especially when engaging with various actors in the legal system.
- Legal practice skills, including an understanding and exposure to experiences in acting for a vulnerable client and eliciting expert evidence.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-JURISD Juris Doctor
AND
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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LAWS50023 | Legal Method and Reasoning | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50025 | Torts | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90140 | Disputes and Ethics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Two hour exam (no reading time)
| Week 2 | 50% |
Simulation activity (paired)
| Week 3 | 25% |
Reflection
| 1 Weeks after the end of teaching | 25% |
Additional details
The due date of the above assessment will be available to students via the Assessment Schedule on the LMS Community.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- November
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 144 hours Pre teaching start date 13 November 2023 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 20 November 2023 to 9 December 2023 Last self-enrol date 14 November 2023 Census date 24 November 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 December 2023 Assessment period ends 17 December 2023 November contact information
Nick Mann (Coordinator)
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Additional delivery details
This subject has an enrolment quota of 40 students.
All timely JD elective enrolments are subject to a selection process, which the Academic Support Office will perform after the timely re-enrolment period ends. Late self-enrolment is on a first-in basis up to quota.
Please refer to the Melbourne Law School website for further information about the management of subject quotas.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Specialist materials will be made available via the LMS
Last updated: 31 January 2024