1. L letter to purchase M van for £3‚500 can be construed as an invitation to treat. An invitation to treat cannot be accepted as it is not an offer. (Gibson v Man city). If this is the case than there is no contract and L is not entitled to claim damages. However‚ because the content of L letter is not readily available‚ the facts presented suggest that it was an offer to purchase M van for £ 3500. 2. Following the decision in Day Morris associates v Voyce (2003)which emphasized that acceptance
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SCHOOL OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT DIPLOMA IN ESTATE MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION TO LAW LAW 103 ASSIGNMENT 1 Assessment Requirement STUDENT NAME YOUNG JIA JIE STUDENT ID. NO 1007588 I/C NO. 950410-14-6248 LECTURER NAME LEE CHEE WAI START DATE 7TH SEPTEMBER 2013 END DATE 28TH SEPTEMBER 2013 INDEX TOPIC PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 2.0 TO DISCUSS & EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF GENERAL DUTY OF CARE 3 3.0 SUMMARY OF CASE “DONOGHUE V STEVENSON” 3 3.1
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Baby P report Peter Connelly (also known as baby P) was a 17 month old British baby boy‚ who died in London after a number of injuries. He was visited 60 times by health professionals and social workers; or roughly twice a week for the nine months he was on the child protection register. His mother was arrested twice‚ but no one appeared to question her boast that she was "a damn good mum." People saw a lot of things happen to baby P but took no notice. Someone watched Baby P eat dirt in
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Wayne is walking along a footpath near a golf course. He gets struck in the eye with a golf ball. There were no barriers between the golf course and the footpath. The place where Wayne was hit about 100m from a tee (a tee is where players drive the golf ball). Wayne can no longer work as a surgeon and he brings wants to bring legal proceedings against the golf course. REQUIRED Advise Wayne whether he will be successful in legal proceedings against the golf club? ISSUE Has the golf club breached
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```` Samantha Macdonald Unit 12 : principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care‚ or children’s and young people’s settings Duty of Care Lord Atkin defined the duty of care when he gave judgement in the case of Donoghue v Stephenson (House of Lords 1932 relating to a case of a “snail” found in ginger beer sold to a customer” ). He said that: "You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour.
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Duty of care Issue: Does defendant (David or the Bright Smiles Dental Surgery) owned duty of care to plaintiff (Tony)? Rules: * The neighbour principle: In Donoghue v Stevenson1‚ Lord Atkin concluded that we all owe a duty of care to our “neighbors”‚ meaning those persons who we should have in mind when we are contemplating actions that we take as we go about our business and private lives. * Neighbour Defined: “My neighbors are persons who are so closely and directly affected by
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The Woolf reforms to civil justice Malleson and Moules: The Legal System Introduction In 1994‚ Lord Woolf was asked to conduct an inquiry into the civil justice system and make proposals for its modernisation. The request was promoted by growing criticism from lawyers‚ the judiciary and litigants that the system had become unacceptably inefficient and ineffective‚ to the point where it was in a state of crisis. Lord Woolf undertook consultations with those who worked in the civil justice system
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GRANT v AUSTRALIAN KNITTING MILLS‚ LTD [1936] AC 85‚ PC The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The procedural history of the case: the Supreme Court of South Australia‚ the High Court of Australia. Judges: Viscount Hailsham L.C.‚ Lord Blanksnurgh‚ Lord Macmillan‚ Lord Wright and Sir Lancelot Sandreson. The appellant: Richard Thorold Grant The material facts of the case: The underwear‚ consisting of two pairs of underpants and two siglets was bought by appellant at the shop of the
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Lord Kelvin (1824 - 1907) William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) was born June 26‚ 1824 in Belfast‚ Ireland‚ and was part of a large family whose mother died when he was six. His father taught Kelvin and his brothers mathematics to a level beyond that of university courses of the time. Kelvin was somewhat of a genius‚ and had his first papers published in 1840. These papers contained an argument defending the work of Fourier (Fourier transforms)‚ which at the time was being heavily criticized by
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“Research safeguarding case studies and the outcomes.” Baby P. Baby P was a 17 month-old boy who died in 2007 after suffering a series of injuries. He suffered from over 50 injuries within a period of 8 months. In December 2006 a GP noticed bruising on Peter’s hands and chest. Baby P’s mother‚ Tracey Connelly‚ was arrested and the care of Baby Peter was handed over to a family friend‚ however Baby P returned to his mother in January 2007. Within a period of a few months Baby P was admitted to hospital
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