Tort Law Reading Notes Week 1 Mon Sep 8 Damages pp697-729 - aim of damages: restore plaintiff to position he would have been had the wrong not occurred o as this is impossible in cases of personal injury‚ monetary compensation is used o total amount is the amount that will release the target amount over the given span of years - assessment is a matter if calculation‚ not impression (SCC 1978) - 3 probs: o 1) what kinds of items must a defendant compensate
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DEFINITION: A tort is a civil wrong beyond a breach of contract for which the law provides redress. A. The law of torts focuses on private right of redress. The aggrieved party sues in tort to recover damages for the harm caused by her defendant. Contrast this to criminal law where the State‚ through government-employed prosecutors‚ pursues the action and extracts the punishment. B. LAWS come from 3 sources: i. Constitution ii. Statutory Law iii. Jurisprudential (or common law) TORT LAW comes
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Business and Consumer Law Final Exam Notes Chapter 5: An Introduction to Contracts Contract Law: A deliberate and complete agreement between two or more competent persons in writing supported by mutual consideration‚ to perform an act. It is enforceable in court. Agreement: composed of an offer to enter into a contract and acceptance of the contract. Complete: the agreement must be certain. Deliberate: both parties must want to enter into a contractual relationship. Voluntary: The agreement must
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Negligence is a type of Tort law‚ which is a legal term that means criminal wrong‚ as opposed to a civil wrong‚ having mandatory duties for all citizens in that jurisdiction. In this law‚ the aims are deterrence‚ compensation and justice which can basically induce as protect people’s bodies and property in order to make people behave properly. Negligence placed an important role in tort law system. Apart from negligence‚ there are certain torts that specifically protect particular areas such as Defamation
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Q1: What is a tort? Tort: A civil wrong not arising from a breach of contract; a breach of a legal duty that proximately causes harm or injury to another. Q2: What are the four elements of negligence? They are Duty‚ Breach‚ Injury‚ and Causation. Q3: Is Shannon liable for the tort of negligence? Yes‚ she is. First of all‚ she has been told by her physician that not to drive after taking the medication. Thus she has the duty not to drive in order to take care
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PA-310 Unit 1 Causes of Action Tort laws are laws that offer remedies to individuals harmed by the unreasonable actions of others. Tort claims usually involve state law and are based on the legal premise that individuals are liable for the consequences of their conduct if it results in injury to others. Tort law only requires 4 elements to be shown. The first one is that the tortfeasor owes the injured party a duty to do something or not to do something; two is that tortfeasor breached the
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client. He would like to claim for such economic loss of $50‚000. In addition‚ Peter expects to claim for medical expenses of $10‚000 and loss of income of $20‚000 for the duration of the injury. REQUIRED: Advise Peter of his legal rights under the law of torts. (Maximum word length: 1‚000 words) Question 2 (10 marks) On Monday‚ Aaron wrote a letter to Ben offering 300 bags of cement at $100 per bag. On Wednesday‚ Ben received the letter of offer from Aaron and posted a reply letter to Aaron in which
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c(a) What laws would be available to Sally to seek compensation for her injured fingers? In giving your advice‚ would it make any difference if the juice extractor had been a gift to Sally from Steve Ans: * Sale of Goods Act (Allowed seller to exclude the implied terms so that the protection it gave could be taken away by a clearly worded exclusion clause) * Tort of negligence * Australian Consumer Law (ACL) (a) Are not of acceptable quality: s 54 (Supplier) and s271 (Manufacturer)
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Page 3 The Emergence of Consumers in society……………………………………………….Page 4 The Consumer viewed in an economical scope………………………………………..Page 4 Relationship between the consumer and the demand and supply theory…….Page 4 Factors influencing demand………………………………………………………..Page 5 What is Consumer Law?.…………………………………………………………………..Page 6 Why the need for Consumer Laws? ……………………………………………………..Page 6 Consumer Vulnerability…………………………………………………………………..Page 6 The Implications of Consumer Laws……………………………………………………Page
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MGT320 5/19/2012 Conversion under Tort Law The layman’s definition for conversion is basically considered theft; according to our text “whenever a person wrongfully possesses or uses the personal property of another without permission” is considered conversion…..”deprives an owner of personal property or of the use of that property without that owner’s permission”. On March 28 of this
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