“Dual Liability may arise from the same set of facts‚ however the two branches of the law have very different purposes‚ procedures and resulting penalties will differ.” The English legal system has two types of law‚ criminal and civil law‚ they deal with different things in different ways. A crime is wrong against the state‚ which will be also be punished by the state‚ in one side we have the wrongdoer and the other we have the state or the crown court‚ the aim is to punish the wrongdoer to also
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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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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. Negligence is defined
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Explain Aristotle’s body/soul distinction. A key question for the ancient Greeks (as it still is for many people today) is whether the soul can exist independently of the body. Anyone who believes in immortality also believes in the independent existence of the soul. Plato certainly thought that the soul could exist separately. Here is what Aristotle has to say on this topic: . . . the soul does not exist without a body and yet is not itself a kind of body. For it is not a body‚ but something which
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Mia K. Thompson LS311- Business Law I Kaplan University Professor James Starcher November 13‚ 2012 Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the renovation of Danile and Sondra Estelle home. To finance the cost they obtained a line of credit from Banc One‚ Indiana‚ which periodic does inspections to disburse funds. When the bank did the inspection they found the work to be of poor quality. When Allen failed to act on the Estelle’s complaints‚ they filed a suit in an Indiana
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Argument: Could the injuries be avoided or less serious if the plaintiff had worn a seatbelt? 5) Is the corporate defendant vicariously liable for the tort of the employee defendant? Law: The Law of Torts is a resolution to compensate any individual who have suffered any harm or wrongdoing. The tort of negligence is a broad area of law that “involves inadvertent or unintentional careless conduct causing injury or damage to another person or his property.” (Yates‚ Bereznicki-Korol & Clarke
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Seven-Step Process of Environmental Risk Management with Negligence In reviewing the simulation one major tort violation identified was the claim of negligence by Alumina‚ Inc. As with any successful negligence case there are primary elements‚ which include proof that: 1) there was wrongdoing on the part of the defendant‚ or 2) the defendant failed to take reasonable steps to prevent harm to others (Thompson‚ p. 31). Like other environmental tort cases‚ EPA violations or state issued permits may be
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bonding time between baby and parent if stay together. Another negligence happen is nurse did not do the assessment to the baby due to parent is the first person notice of changes of baby hands but not a nurse in charge. Third‚ the nurse in charge did not take the first action by notice of baby hand already turned bluish and cold to touch which is indicate of lack of blood circulation. Element of malpractice Malpractice is a type of negligence‚ which is a licensed professional‚ fails to provide services
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mentioned employee had prevented the entrance of an explosive and dangerous construction zone‚ our plaintiff would have also been prevented of his injuries. Our Plaintiff has since suffered major injuries arising from Defendant’s formatted employee’s negligence in which a plausible and foreseeable event of explosions from Defendant’s construction site injured our Plaintiff. Under the doctrine of respondent superior “an employer is liable for the negligent acts or omissions of his employee which are
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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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