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LS3032: COMMERCIAL AND CONSUMER CONTRACTS (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46


Course Overview

This course examines, through a series of lectures and tutorials, a number of important areas of Scots commercial and consumer law, including the sale and supply of goods and services, insurance, cautionary obligations,  consumer credit and consumer protection. It also, through lectures, workshops and a presentation, introduces students to the skills and techniques of advocacy in the context of a commercial and/or consumer dispute.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Luci Carey

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either LS1025 Legal System (Passed) or LS1520 Contract (Passed)
  • Law (LS)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • One of Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5 or () or Bachelor of Laws (Accelerated)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course considers the most important statutory and common law principles of Scots Commercial and Consumer Law. Topics covered are: sale and supply of goods and services; insurance; cautionary obligations, consumer credit transactions and consumer protection. The course also introduces students to the skills and techniques of advocacy, within the context of a commercial and/or consumer dispute.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
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Feedback

Oral Advocacy. The case study will be discussed at tutorial, and further feedback on performance in the written exercise will be provided at a subsequent tutorial.

Written feedback on the formative objective test will also be provided.

Feedback will also be provided on an ongoing basis in the form of tutors' comments to students' contributions in tutorials. Students who fail on first attempt will be able to arrange a meeting in advance of the resit to discuss their examination performance.

Learning Outcomes
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Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 75
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Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resit failed element in same format

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Feedback

Students must pass both assessment elements in order to pass the course.

Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

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FactualRememberILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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