General Course Information
1.1 Course details
| Course code: | LLAW3045 |
| Course name: | Remedies |
| Programme offered under: | LLB Programme |
| Semester: | Second |
| Designated research course: | Not applicable |
| Specialization: | Not applicable |
| Prerequisites / Co-requisites: | No |
| Course offered to non-law students: | No |
| Credit point value: | 6 credits |
1.2 Course description
The law of remedies is one of the most important areas of study in private and commercial law. When a client comes to a lawyer with a problem, their usual question is not what is the cause of action, but what is the remedy. But remedies, despite being at the core of many important legal issues, are often neglected in undergraduate courses, being relegated to the back-end of courses on contract, tort, or trusts. There is a further issue: because the law on remedies straddles different areas of law, even when they are studied in these subjects it is difficult to grasp the overall picture and to draw meaningful comparisons between the different cases in which remedies are awarded.
This course aims to fill that gap and will be an indispensable part of your undergraduate legal education. We ask questions such as ‘What is a remedy?’, ‘How do the remedies granted differ at common law and in equity—and should they differ?’, ‘To what extent can damages ever be awarded to disgorge gains made by or benefits conferred on a wrongdoer?’, ‘Are damages ever awarded for things other than consequential loss?’, ‘Does private law concern itself with punishment?’, ‘What are the limits on specific enforcement of primary obligations?’, ‘When can a court grant “proprietary” remedies?’, and many more.
This course is a doctrinal (or ‘black-letter’) law course, focusing on the positive law in Hong Kong and (where appropriate) other jurisdictions, such as England and Wales and Australia. But we will also engage with theory insofar as that theory is grounded in the cases and seeks to rationalise what can often appear as disparate results. The aim is that students who take this course come out of it with a deep understanding of the law of remedies and the skills to make them better common-law lawyers.
1.3 Course teachers
| Name | E-mail address | Office | Consultation | |
| Course convenor | Jordan English | TBA | TBA | By email |
Learning Outcomes
2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course
CLO 1 A solid understanding of the nature of remedies and court orders.
CLO 2 An in-depth understanding of the positive law as it relates to remedies and court orders.
CLO 3 Developed legal skills in terms of engaging with case law and using the case law to mount academic arguments.
CLO 4 Awareness of key debates in private law.
CLO 5 A strong foundation for further study in private law.
2.2 LLB Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Please refer to the following link: https://course.law.hku.hk/llb-plo/
2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course
| PLO A | PLO B | PLO C | PLO D | PLO E | PLO F | |
| CLO 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment(s)
3.1 Assessment Summary
| Assessment task | Weighting | Feedback method* | Course learning outcomes |
| Class participation | 20% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| Student presentation | 30% | 1, 2, ,3, 4, 5 | |
| Take home exam | 50% | 1, 2, ,3, 4, 5 |
| *Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher) | |
| 1 | A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle |
| 2 | Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle |
| 3 | Individual review meeting upon appointment |
| 4 | Group review meeting |
| 5 | In-class verbal feedback |
3.2 Assessment Detail
To be advised by course convenor(s).
3.3 Grading Criteria
Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf
Learning Activities
4.1 Learning Activity Plan
| Seminar: | 3 hours / class intensive course in March and April 2026 |
| Private study time: | 9.5 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.
4.2 Details of Learning Activities
To be advised by course convenor(s).
Learning Resources
5.1 Resources
| Reading materials: | Reading materials are posted on Moodle |
| Core reading list: | TBA |
| Recommended reading list: | A Burrows, Remedies for Torts, Breach of Contract, and Equitable Wrongs (4th edn, OUP 2019) |
5.2 Links
Please refer to the following link: http://www.law.hku.hk/course/learning-resources/