Module: Common Law Assignment 2: Law of Torts Submission date: 25.4.2012 By Anna Permall Contents Verity Smith runs a small printing business in Whitstable‚ Kent. Verity’s business has been thriving and she is looking to expand her business into other parts of Kent. She would like some advice regarding the following incidents: 1. (i) Lesley‚ the Office Manager‚ suffered serious injuries to her Hands and face when her IPAD2 provided by Verity exploded at her desk. (ii)
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system includes laws that are developed from two sources: common law and statutory law. Common law is created by judges in a court hierarchy‚ using an approach called the doctrine of precedent. Statutory law is law written in parliament by the leaders of the country or state‚ depending on where the power to legislate lies. Both common law and statutory law are components of substantive law‚ which concerns the actual content of law and procedural law‚ which concern the way in which law is constructed
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Recognizing and Minimizing Tort and Regulatory Risk Plan University of Phoenix Business Law LAW 531 Charlisa Edelin October 11‚ 2010 When operating any business‚ the company always has the potential of facing allegation about the quality of their product‚ their environmental impact‚ and many other forms of complaints. Alumina Inc is such a company. Alumina Inc is facing a possible law suit over allegation about their environmental record. Alumina Inc is facing possible law suit for negligence
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The deliberate intent to cause harm that exists when a person makes a statement with either knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard of the truth. actual malice is required to establish defamation against public figures. appropriation In tort law‚ the use by one person of another person’s name‚ likeness‚ or other identifying characteristic without permission and for the benefit of the user. assault any word or action intended to make another person fearful of immediate physical harm—a
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gun‚ a canteen‚ a cartridge box‚ knife‚ and a knapsack. They may have gotten some other weapons of some sort but that was mostly it. They didn’t have many weapons to use because even the guns they used were fairly new to them. In a book called Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War the author writes‚ “It voted to give each private $7 a month in state pay‚ in addition to the $13 offered by the federal government” (Coffin). In today’s currency he earned about $192.35 a month with the addition of about
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Branches of Law Civil vs. Criminal Civil Criminal Burden of Proof (quantum/amount of evidence) b.o.p is on plaintiff who initiates a civil action (51% preponderance of evidence - over 50% of the believable evidence is in the plaintiff’s favor) **Can have both Civil and Criminal in a trial burden of proving the defendant’s guilt is on the prosecution‚ and they must establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt Remedies Sought Monetary damages May seek other damage (act) to do or not
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workers and craftsman but found the same outcome with all of them. He stated‚ “O men of Athens‚ that God only is wise; and by his answer he intends to show that the wisdom of men is worth little or nothing” (Plato‚ trans. 1871). Socrates made it his duty in life to analysis and understand the Oracle’s declaration. In the end‚ Socrates concluded that he was the wisest of Athens; but not because he possessed special knowledge but because he recognized his own lack of knowledge while others think they
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Act of God is a legal term[1] for events outside of human control‚ such as sudden floods or other natural disasters‚ for which no one can be held responsible. This does not protect those who put others in danger of acts of nature through negligence‚ such as an adult who instructs a group of children to stand under a tree to escape a lightning storm.[citation needed] The legal term‚ "Act of God"‚ does not necessarily imply that a God had a direct intervention which specifically caused a "natural"
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08th October 2008 Tort-Obligations II Tutorial 1 1. What is Tort law for? ▪The law of tort- The word derives from the French for ‘Wrong’. ▪ The civil action for damages aims at compensation as opposed to criminal prosecution. Restoring the status quo. ▪Appeasement- the object of early law is to prevent disruption of society by disputes arising from the infliction of injury. The victim’s vengeance is bought off by compensation‚ which gives him satisfaction in 2 ways; he is comforted to receive
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a) Identify aspects of the media report that relate to the law This article reports about the case filed by Anastassia Zissis suing McDonald’s after the slip on at the back of the Myer Centre. Anastassia Zissis injured due to slip on liquid that been spilled in an access passage. These gave rise to different areas of law such as: Contract Law According to Lambiris (2012)‚ the Contract Law is the law about private agreement that give rise to enforceable responsibilities and rights legally
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