Apologising for personal injury - when to say you're sorry: UNSW Law Professorial Lecture

Описание: Apologising for personal injury - when to say you're sorry - Professor Prue Vines, 7 October 2011, 1-2pm.

People are often advised not to apologise after an incident such as a car accident on the grounds that this will make them liable. We now have legislation designed to make it possible to apologise without liability arising.

This lecture explores some aspects of the nature of the apology which is protected and its relationship to the psychological understanding of how people respond to apologies.

Professor Prue Vines has taught in the law school at UNSW for twenty years. Her research interests lie in the areas of negligence law and the law of inheritance, especially the impact of Australian succession law on Indigenous people. She has published extensively in both areas. Most recently she was the co-editor (with Professor Carolyn Sappideen) of the 10th edition of Fleming on Torts, Thomson Reuters, 2011.