Torts Exam Notes Intentional Torts Trespass to the Person Battery - directly and intentionally (or negligently) bringing about a harmful or offensive contact with the person of another - the ‘body is inviolate‚ and that any touching of another person‚ however slight may amount to a battery’ - Rixon - doesn’t have to cause harm - Rixon v Starcity Casino - Collins v Wilcock - no requirement of hostility or anger - Wilson v Pringle - In Re F - exception is made
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Assignment 3 Eric Parsons September 8‚ 2013 It is important to differentiate between crimes‚ civil offenses‚ and moral wrongs to understand criminal law. This paper will discuss the differences between criminal‚ tort‚ and moral responsibility. There is a responsibility to the public not to commit acts or omissions against the public interest. A crime can be defined as an act or omission that the law makes punishable‚ generally by fine‚ penalty‚ forfeiture‚ or confinement
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The term shock is used to describe a clinical syndrome which is characterized by severe circulatory failure leading to impaired tissue perfusion‚ impaired cellular respiration and metabolism‚ consistent development of organ dysfunction‚ organ failure and death. The shock is always a life-threatening condition‚ which is why the diagnosis‚ evaluation and treatment of patients with circulatory shock should be implemented simultaneously. There are three degrees of shock: 1 Stage I (also called compensated
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CULTURE SHOCK CONTENTS Foreword 1 Culture Shock: Definition 1 Our Approach to the topic 1 What causes culture shock? 2 A model of culture shock
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TORTS Table of Contents Breach of Duty 3 General Principles for Establish a Breach of Duty 3 The Calculus of Negligence 4 Who is the Reasonable Person? 9 Causation 13 Factual Causation under the Common Law 13 Factual Causation under Statute 16 Novus Actus Interveniens 18 Successive Causes 20 Exceptional Cases 21 Remoteness 24 Foreseeability of Damage 24 Kind of Injury and Manner of its Occurrence 25 Eggshell Skull Rule 26 Concurrent Liability 28 Vicarious Liability 28 Non-delegable
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There are five different torts that can be the subject of court actions‚ the most common being Negligence. Good morning students of [example]‚ my name is [name] and I am here to give you a brief talk on an area of civil law. My presentation will be based upon the tort‚ negligence and will involve a related case. Negligence is a breach of a person’s or organisation’s duty to take reasonable care in the circumstances‚ which causes harm to a person or organization. It is a manner that involves harm
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study‚ understand and identify “culture shock” because we may at some point in our personal or professional travel come into contact with different cultures‚ within their environments. This research paper will attempt to define and explore the term culture shock‚ identify different stages in the process‚ share first-hand experiences and provide some personal remedies for dealing with culture shock as it relates to International travel. The term culture shock was first introduced by Kalvero Oberg (1960)
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The Law of Torts in New Zealand (5th ed‚ Brookers‚ Wellington‚ 2009)‚ Professor Todd suggested that physical injuries “should be understood to mean any condition involving harm to the human body...that is more than merely trifling or fleeting”. The claimant suffered a physical injury which involved the nicking of a finger. There is no dispute that there was
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Business law case Brown is a farmer who‚ amongst other activities‚ has been in the business of raising chickens on large scale. The baby chicks require a continuous supply of a oxygen to survive and the necessary equipment for that purpose is connected to the electric power supplies to the farm. In thee past brown had suffered a minor loss of chickens from an interruption in this electric service and had‚ as a result‚ installed an auxiliary battery operated power generator in the barn to be available
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The nervous system comprises the central nervous system which is made up of the brain and spinal cord‚ with the main functions being processing information and determining responses and the peripheral nervous systems which is made up of all sensory‚ motor and inter neurons within the body and these are located on peripheral nerves. All of them work together to collect sensory data and also control the actions of the body. Sensory neurons collect sensory information and convey it to the brain‚ and
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