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    the two courts operated. By virtue of section 79 of the Common Law Procedure Act of 1854‚ Common law courts possessed a limited power of issuing injunctions while the Chancery Amendment Act of 1858 gave the court of Chancery power to issue or award damages as opposed to specific performance and injunctions. The two systems had a lot of conflicts to the extent that by the 19th century a number of Parliamentary reports resulted in the Judicature Acts of 1873 and 1875.These two Acts were responsible for

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    but are not limited to damage to life or property‚ injury to a person‚ emotional or mental trauma‚ loss in reputation‚ etc. The injured party is entitled to get compensation from the party that was responsible for causing the injury. The objective of the law of torts is to help the injured party receive compensation and legal remedy in case their civil rights have been violated. Tort law is completely independent of the law of contracts‚ and as such‚ to claim damages under the law of torts‚

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    nuisance must come straight from the land What is actionable: Cat has to prove damage because it is not actionable per se. The likely form of nuisance is intangible damage due to the substantial interference of the permanent smell of sulphur preventing her from using her garden and the noise from the fireworks on Sunday night causing lack of sleep. On the other hand‚ the tangible damage occurs due to physical damage broken

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    Scheier v. Jersey Joe’s Sports Bar & Grill On February 9th‚ 2002‚ Jodie Scheier slipped and fell in Jersey Joe’s Sports Bar & Grill after leaving her seat at a booth upon being called to collect a door prize. Jodie claimed that there were two steps awkwardly positioned that led to the booth‚ which caused her fall and the subsequent injury of her right index finger. As a hairstylist‚ Jodie relies on the use of her hands and fingers‚ and was unable to work properly because of the injury.

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    A. Law of Torts A ‘tort’ is a civil wrong which the law redresses by an award of damages. A ‘wrong’ is an infringement or violation of a person’s legal right by another. There are many torts‚ each relating to a different type of harm: |Negligence: |careless causation of injury to person‚ damage to property or economic loss | |Defamation: |damage to reputation | |Nuisance:

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    probabilities that the defendant was at fault. Remedy for plaintiff: Damages as compensation. This is NOT strict liability Act/Omission/Advice Expressions Tortfeasor Damages What the plaintiff has to establish to prove negligence. The defendant will only be liable if the plaintiff can prove that: 1. D owed them a duty of care 2. D was in breach of the duty of care 3. D’s breach of duty was cause of P’s loss 4. The damage suffered by P was not too remote Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562

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    Discuss the phrase “wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business” – what kind of expenditure does it exclude? What do you understand by the terms “remoteness” and “duality of purpose”? The phrase” wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business” would means the taxpayer or company sole purpose for incurring the business expenditure is only for their trade or business. Any purposes that not related to trade or that if the business expenditure would consist of two or more business purposes

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    establish the tort of negligence. The elements of negligence are: a duty of care‚ a breach of duty of care‚ and damage suffered by the plaintiff. Regarding duty of care‚ the common law rules still apply when trying to determining whether there is a duty of care or not. As for breach of the duty of care‚ the fault element and the civil liability legislation must be considered. As for damage‚ the plaintiff has to establish on the balance of probabilities any fact relevant to the issues of factual causation

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    and were supposed to have been under the supervision of Justin and Jason‚ both of whom are CS employees. However‚ Justin and Jason had gone for a cigarette break and left the youths unsupervised at the time the break-in occurred. The fire caused damage to neighbouring property including a baker ’s shop owned by Mark. It is likely to be many weeks before the business can reopen and Mark stands to lose many thousands of pounds in lost profits. It later transpired that the fire would not have

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