LAWS1061 Notes Introduction Definition of tort law concerns the obligations of persons living a crowded society to respect the safety‚ property and personality of their neighbours both as priori and ex post matters (compensation to those wrongfully harmed). Tort law has a compensatory function which means damages may be awarded where a person had been injured by the negligence of another. Compensation may not be adequate for damages‚ which an individual has experienced. Needs proof that another
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STATUTORY INTERPRETATION TOPICS: Preliminaries Rules and approaches Aids to interpretation Impact of EU and HRA PRELIMINARIES Statutory interpretation is the way by which the parts of a statute are interpreted in order to understand what Parliament might have intended by passing that particular statute. Statutes are not user friendly. They are written in technical form and not too easy to understand (ambiguity). The words used in statues may have different meanings which indicate
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In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Eric Pollard (Appellant) -v- Viv Windsor (Respondent) Viv has just bought “The Village Shop” and‚ anxious to please the locals‚ decides to put an advertisement in the local paper stating that she will sell boxes of luxury chocolate shortbread at a discount price of £2.50‚ instead of the recommended retail price of £5.00. It also states that there are only 50 boxes available. Viv has recently bought a computer from her son‚ Scottt‚ to help her with the running
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Name: EbunOluwa Oyesina Matric No: 144636 Course: Law of Evidence Assignment: The question of admissibility of evidence belongs to the judge; those of its weight‚ credibility‚ sufficiency belong to the jury. Discuss Date: 29th May‚ 2012 The law of evidence is the basic kernel that underpins the administration of the civil and criminal laws of any common law country when it comes to fair and
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UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR DEPARTMENT OF LAW " MOOT COURT MEMORIAL" written submission on behalf of counsel for prosecution
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Brief Kraft‚ Inc. v. Federal Trade Commissio Plaintiff/Appellant: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Defendant/Appellee: Kraft Inc. History: Federal Trade Commission instituted a deceptive advertising proceeding against Kraft Inc. Kraft was instructed to terminate certain ads due to false advertising. Facts: In March 1987‚ Kraft added a subscript on the television commercial and as a footnote in the print media version‚ the disclosure that “one ¾ ounces slice has 70% of the calcium of five ounces
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UNITED STATES of America‚ Plaintiff-Appellee‚vs.Ronald Stephen SNEEZER‚ Defendant-Appellant. 900 F.2d 177 April 2‚ 1990. Sneezer was indicted for aggravated sexual abuse‚ in violation of 18 U.S.C. Secs. 1153 and 2241(a). At his jury trial‚ the following evidence was presented. Sneezer stopped a seventeen-year-old girl walking along a highway and forced her into his car. After driving a few miles‚ Sneezer stopped and took his victim to a spot about 150 feet off the highway. There Sneezer threatened
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- Assignment on Involuntary manslaughter by abu md. Hossain. There is no offence of ‘homicide’ as such. A person cannot be charged with or convicted of ‘homicide’. Homicide (Latin: homicidium‚ Latin: homo human being + Latin: caedere to cut‚ kill) means the killing of a human being [Irving‚ Shae‚ ed (2009) and may be lawful – where‚ for example‚ fatal force was necessary to defend oneself. The two most important offences of unlawful homicide are murder and manslaughter. Although both are common
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improvements located along Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City entered into by the parties sometime in January 1985 for the price of P1‚240‚000.00.The undisputed facts of the case were summarized by respondent court in this wise:On January 19‚ 1985‚ defendants-appellants Romulo Coronel‚ et. al. (hereinafter referred to as Coronels) executed a document entitled “Receipt of Down Payment” (Exh. “A”) in favor of plaintiff Ramona Patricia Alcaraz (hereinafter referred to as Ramona) which is reproduced hereunder: RECEIPT
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THE REVISED RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (RULES 110 - 127‚ RULES OF COURT) [Effective December 1‚ 2000] RULE 110 - PROSECUTION OF OFFENSES Section 1. Institution of criminal actions.– Criminal actions shall be instituted as follows: (a) For offenses where a preliminary investigation is required pursuant to section 1 of Rule 112‚ by filing the complaint with the proper officer for the purpose of conducting the requisite preliminary investigation. (b) For all other offenses‚ by filing
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