Civil Courts Magistrates Court The amount in dispute must be $150 000 or less QCAT Civil cases which involve small amounts of money less than $25 000 District Court Amounts from $150‚000 to $750‚000 in the District Court Supreme Courts $750’000 to unlimited amount in the Supreme Court Summary offences (Magistrate courts) Summary offences are matters that are be tried by a judge alone. If you are charged with a summary offence you do not have the right to have a trial by jury. Indictable
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6 2.4 Unborn Child 6 2.5 Mental Harm/Nervous Shock 7 2.6 Statutory Authorities 8 2.7 Pure Economic Loss/Negligent Misstatement 11 3 Breach of Duty 12 3.1 Section 5C 12 3.2 Obvious risks 12 4 Causation 13 4.1 Res ipsa loquitur 13 4.2 Novus actus interveniens 13 4.3 Causation in medical “failure to warn” cases 14 4.4 Multiple causes of injury/death 14 5 Remoteness 15 5.1 Eggshell skull rule 15 6 Defences 16 6.1 Professional working within professional standards 16 6.2 Contributory negligence
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Extract from the 3rd Edition of Lacey‚ Wells and Quick‚ Reconstructing Criminal Law (CUP 2003) Chapter 4 II.a.i. The History of Theft William Blackstone’s Commentaries‚ written in the middle of the eighteenth century‚ represent one of the first systematic expositions of the common law. His volume on criminal offences included a substantial section on ‘offences against private property’: William Blackstone‚ Commentaries on the Laws of England 1765 Vol. IV p.230 ’Simple larciny then is the
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R. v. Tutton‚ [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1392 Her Majesty The Queen Appellant v. Arthur Thomas Tutton Respondent and Carol Anne Tutton Respondent indexed as: r. v. tutton File No.: 19284. 1987: November 10; 1989: June 8. Present: Dickson C.J. and Beetz*‚ Estey*‚ McIntyre‚ Lamer‚ Wilson‚ Le Dain*‚ La Forest and L ’Heureux-Dubé JJ. on appeal from the court of appeal for ontario Criminal law -- Criminal negligence -- Necessaries of life -- Manslaughter -- Diabetic child dying
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Individual Ethical Dilemma Analysis My company is in the business to provide home products and services to home builders and property management companies. For our property management division‚ we obtain business through various marketing channels such as industry trade shows. Early on in our startup‚ we noticed that many of our competitors are not honest with their billing practices. A competitor may give one of our customers a price per square foot or square yard‚ but then they intentionally
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SOC 2760 – Soulliere Prime-Time Murder: Presentation of Murder on 4/13/2011 10:14:00 PM Popular Television Justice Programs • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Prime-time television has devoted at least one-third of its time to crime Murder has tended to be the crime of focus on entertainment television Media tend to depict the crimes that occur the least in American society‚ while neglecting the crimes that occur the most Distorted presentations may contribute to inaccurate
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criminology‚ because up until then‚ punishments and explanations for crime were based on the bible‚ and from a criminal justice perspective‚ that’s not a very good thing. The textbook established the ideas of mens rea which is a guilty mind and actus reas which is a guilty act‚and that it takes the both of them as components of crime and (Sterling‚1999) states around what time this originated in english common law and how long it was faithfully used even up into modern American law. He also states
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MILITARY USE OF CHILDREN The military use of children takes three distinct forms: children can take direct part in hostilities (child soldiers)‚ or they can be used in support roles such as porters‚ spies‚ messengers‚ look outs‚ and sexual slaves; or they can be used for political advantage either as human shields or in propaganda. Throughout history and in many cultures‚ children have been extensively involved in military campaigns even when such practices were supposedly against cultural morals
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Grade 12 Law Exam Review Cases R v Oakes i. Law must have an important objective * Preventing harm caused by hate propaganda was a pressing concern ii. Law must be rationally connected to the objective * There was a rational connection between s.319 (2) and protecting target groups and promoting social relations iii. Law must not infringe more than it is necessary to meet the objective * S.319 (2) des not overly restrict freedom of expression. It ensures that only openly
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Factors Of Crime Crime is defined as: commission of an act or act of omission that violates the law and is punishable by the state. Crimes are considered injurious to society and the community. As defined by law‚ a crime includes both the act‚ or actus rea‚ and the intent to commit the act‚ or mens rea. Criminal intent involves an intellectual apprehension of factual elements of the act or acts commanded or enjoined by the law. It is usually inferred from the apparently voluntary commission of an
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