PART A Sita is able to claim personal injury damages under an action in tort for negligence. The principle of these damages is restituo in inegrum‚ which is based on the principle restoring the plaintiff to the position they were in before the tort took place (Sharman)1. These damages are presented on a once and for all basis as a lump sum with the date of assessment being that of the date of trial. 1. Economic Loss Economic loss is under Divison 2 of the Civil Liability Act2 (CLA). Under
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1. Introduction Breach of contract is when one or both parties‚ who came to a mutual agreement‚ do not fulfil their contractual agreement i.e. interfering in the other party’s performance or non-performance by one or both parties. These are only two of the possible five forms of Breach of Contract. The five types of Breach of Contract will now be discussed in detail. 2. There are five different forms in which Breach of Contract can take place: a. Default of the debtor (mora debitoris) i. Explanation
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Types of Remedies: Compensatory - A money award equivalent to the actual value of injuries or damages sustained by the aggrieved party. When a contract has been breached‚ the court orders the party that breached to pay the amount of direct losses done to innocent party. Consequential - Special damges that compensate for a loss that is not direct or immediate (for example‚ lost profits0. The special damages must have been reasonably foreseeable at the time the breach or injury occurred
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Explain the common remedies that a party to a contract may claim under the law of contract. Various remedies exist in contract law. These include: Damages Damages in contract law are a legal remedy available for breach of contract. Damages are an award of money to compensate the innocent party. The primary purpose of damages in contract law is to place the injured party in the position they would have been in had the contract been performed. Parties to a contract may legitimately agree the
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definition of goods is “every kind of movable property other than actionable claims and money and include stock and shares‚ growing crops‚ grass and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale”. As such‚ goods are generically used to refer to commodities or items of all types‚ excepting services‚ said items usually being involved in trade or commerce. SGA 1957 also provides in Section 6(1) that “the goods which form the
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question Under the Sale of Goods Act (1979)‚ there are strict rules that a seller/ retailer must abide by once they have entered into a contract. The goods must be as described (section 13)‚ of satisfactory quality (section 14 [2]) and fit for purpose (section 14 [3]). Both section 13 and 14 have strict liability attached to them. The court will not investigate into the mind of the seller at the time or observe how much they tried but all they will look for is if there is a breach in the contract and
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The Sale of Goods Act 1979 is an Act of the British Parliament which regulates the Contract law as well as the Commercial law in UK with regards to such goods that are being bought or sold. As per section 2(1) of the Act‚ the Act applies to such contracts where “goods” are being transferred or are agreed to be transferred in return for a valuable consideration. In other words it deals with the sale or purchase of property in personal chattels. The other parts of the section 2 to the section 15(b)
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BREACH OF CONTRACT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Default of the debtor (Mora Debitoris) Default of the creditor (Mora Creditoris) Positive malperformance Repudiation Prevention of performance (rendering performance impossible) Default of the debtor (Mora Debitoris) Any obligation under a contract has a time limit for its performance‚ be it an agreed fixed period or in the absence thereof a reasonable period. If the debtor neglects or fails to perform timeously‚ he/she commits breach of contract. Lawyers then
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Breach of Contract: 1. How the contract was allegedly breached‚ 2. What defenses may be available to the defendant‚ and 3. What remedy (or remedies) may be available to the Plaintiff. Charlize Theron has settled the $20 million breach of contract lawsuit against her‚ according to papers filed in Manhattan Federal Court Monday. The suit was filed last year‚ when Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil claimed that Theron had worn a Christian Dior watch during a press event in 2006‚ despite being paid
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Sale of Goods Act- gives statutory rights as a consumer. Was the contract with an existin company or one which is starting up?? Was there any limitation clause in their contract?? Breach of contract causes a contact to be discharged. This is when one party performs defectively‚ differently from the agreement. This can be done by actual breach‚ when there is no performance‚ or through anticipatory breach‚ when they indicate in advance that they will not be performing as agreed. An offer is when
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