NCA Remedies study guide
NCA Remedies · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) is a committee of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the national association of the country's 14 law societies. The NCA assesses the legal education and professional experience of people who obtained their credentials outside Canada, or in a Canadian civil law program, so that they can qualify to enter bar admission programs in Canadian common law jurisdictions. The NCA uses one standard of evaluation across the country, so a single process can open the door to law societies in any common law province or territory. Candidates typically face a set of assigned subjects, each assessed by examination, covering core common law areas such as contracts, torts, property, criminal law, constitutional law, administrative law, evidence, and professional responsibility. Exams are written online from any location with internet service, and candidates can write twelve times a year, which allows a self-paced schedule. To prepare, start from the official exam outlines and sample exams, confirm which subjects you have been assigned, build a study plan around the published schedule, and practise applying rules to fact patterns rather than memorizing summaries. Topics on this exam: Remedies. The NCA Remedies study guide has 1 section and about 345 words.
01NCA Remedies: Core Doctrine, Damages, and Equitable Relief
Every remedies question begins with three moves: identify the interest protected (expectation, reliance, restitution, or non-compensatory policies), classify the wrong (breach of contract, tort, equitable wrong), and then test whether the requested remedy is available and appropriate . Candidates lose marks by jumping straight to a dollar figure without checking whether the claim is contractual or tortious, because the measure of loss differs sharply between them. For breach of contract the default is the expectation measure - put the claimant in the position performance would have produced. Tort uses the restitutionary/status quo ante measure - restore the position before the wrong.
345 words, about 2 minMore study resources for NCA Remedies
- Practice questionsA court finds a defendant liable for negligence and orders the defendant to pay the plaintiff a sum of money.
- FlashcardsCompensatory damages. A sum awarded to restore the claimant to the position they would have been in had the wrong not occurred, measured by the loss actually suffered and proved on the balance of probabilities.
- Cheat sheetCompensatory damages restore the claimant to the position they would have occupied had the wrong not occurred; the measure is the loss actually suffered, judged at the date of breach or trial depending on the type of loss.
- Key termsDamages. A money award paid by a losing party to compensate for loss or harm caused by a breach or wrong, assessed by a court after liability is established.
- Study planMap the Remedies domain into a written outline of every major remedy type and the legal interest each one protects.
- Common mistakesCandidates pattern-match on familiar fact patterns (breach of contract, negligence) and jump to the remedy label they associate with that cause of action, skipping the classification step that determines which remedies are actually available and which defences apply.
- Exam-day guideBring the original, unexpired ID in the name used on your registration.