Unit 12 of Law of Torts, Motor Accident Claims and Consumer Protection (syllabus: Remedies, Damages and Extinguishment). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- Why does tort award unliquidated damages, and what kinds are there?
- When will a court punish rather than compensate?
- When will the court grant an injunction instead of damages?
- Who may sue when the victim is dead, and how is the award computed?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Consumer Protection Act 2019, s. 39(1)(d)
- Specific Relief Act 1963, s. 38
- Fatal Accidents Act 1855, s. 1A
Leading cases
- Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Co (1880) 5 App Cas 25
- Rookes v Barnard [1964] AC 1129
- Dalpat Kumar v Prahlad Singh (1992) 1 SCC 719
- National Insurance Co Ltd v Pranay Sethi (2017)