The course will provide learners with a better understanding of the concept of legal liability and how legislation regulates and enforces it.

Summative Assessment

• Online assessment to be done at the end of the course.

Course outline

By the end of the course, learners will understand:

• principles in liability, including legal terminology and the different types of liability. (There are a variety of case studies included to provide leaners with a better understanding of these concepts.)
• the OHS Act and legislative criminal liability. (This section includes the duties of employers and employees, while providing additional case studies for further understanding.)
• the overview, as well as commentary, of the OHS Act Regulations, and extracts from key Regulations
• environmental law, including an overview of emission standards, offences and penalties (in terms of water management strategies, the Waste Act, etc.)
• corporate governance and the application of King IV
• legal compliance strategy.