Historically‚ women have always been subservient to men. They suffered from disenfranchisement and the lack of property rights. The law stated that on marriage‚ a man and woman became unita caro‚ which meant that the man owned all property. They weren’t even allowed to divorce their husbands until the Matrimonial Causes Act 1873 was passed. Women suffered and still do‚ from sex based discrimination and harassment; no matter direct or indirect. They are susceptible to violence; domestic and sexual
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Task 1 1.1 What it means to have a duty of care in your work rol? Duty of care can be defined as "an obligation‚ recognised by law‚ to avoid conduct fraught with unreasonable risk of danger to others". Every teacher and school authority owes a duty of care to take reasonable care to ensure that their acts or omissions do not cause reasonably foreseeable injury to their pupils. („The Law Handbook”.) A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard
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George sued Jerry under a theory of intentional infliction of emotional distress‚ alleging various grievances. Jerry has moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that even if everything George alleges in the complaint is true‚ George has failed to allege an adequate basis for liability under a theory of intentional infliction of emotional distress. The issue at hand is should the court deny the motion to dismiss. The essential elements of an action for intentional infliction of emotional
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of 3ft deep as required. The defendant Council was responsible for inspecting the foundations during the construction of the flats. The House of Lords held that the defendant did owe a duty of care to ensure the foundations were of the correct depth. Lord Wilberforce introduced a two stage test for imposing a duty of care. This has since been overruled by Caparo v Dickman. Balfour v Balfour [1919] A husband worked overseas and agreed to send maintenance payments to his wife. At the time of the agreement
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The Duties of A Secretary When we enter a law office the first individual we meet is the legal secretary. She is the one withe responsibility for the correspondence‚ records‚ and other affairs of a.law office. The word "secretary" reflects its Latin root secretum (secret)‚ which originally referred to a person who acted as a confidant‚ and handled matters of a private nature for his principal. The executive position or executive secretary is one of major responsibility in business or government
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medical care. For this freedom to be meaningful‚ people must have the right to make choices that accord with their own values regardless of how unwise or foolish those choices may appear to others.”[2] R v Blaue[3]‚ a famous causation case in criminal law‚ brings to foreground a thought-provoking debate about whether an individual’s religious beliefs and other psychological values could be included in the ‘thin skull’ rule and whether the refusal to take lifesaving medical treatment breaks the chain
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Duty of care 1.1 1. Protect the rights and promote the interests of individuals‚ key people and others. 2. Strive to establish and maintain the trust and confidence of individuals‚ key people and others. 3. Promote the independence of individuals while protecting them as far as possible from danger or harm. 4. Respect the rights of individuals while seeking to ensure that their behaviour does not harm themselves‚ key people or others. 5. Uphold public trust and confidence in health and social care
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Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a play about the effect of gender differences on perceptions of duty‚ law‚ and justice. When a character named John Wright was murdered‚ the Sheriff and County Attorney go to investigate his house‚ as it was believed his wife murdered him. As the two investigate‚ the Sheriff brought his wife Mrs. Peters and the neighbor of the Wrights that reported the event‚ Lewis Hale‚ brought his wife Mrs. Hale also to the house. While the women stayed in the house‚ they started to
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Tort case scenarios Tort Case Scenarios Tort Case Scenarios The scenarios below provide several examples of torts to include negligence‚ unintentional torts‚ intentional torts‚ assault‚ battery‚ etc. Torts are civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. These wrongs result in an injury or harm constituting the basis for a claim by the injured party (Cornell‚ 2010). Scenario 1 Scenario 1 has multiple instances that happen during the game that raises attention between
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DUTY OF CARE Duty of Care The legal definition for the term ‘Duty of Care’ means that person acts towards others and the public with watchfulness‚ attention‚ caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the same circumstances would. If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care then their acts are considered negligent and any damages resulting may be claimed in a lawsuit for negligence. ‘Duty of Care’ means that whilst we are responsible for another persons wellbeing we must
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