Neighbour Principle: You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour- Who‚ then‚ in law‚ is my neighbour? The answer seems to be - persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions that are called in question Donoghue v Stevenson Neighbour Principle: You must take reasonable
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! ! ! Liability for Negligence! 1. The Duty! PURE ECONOMIC LOSS ! Neighbour Test (Donoghue v Stevenson): Care must be taken to avoid acts Salient Features Test (Perre v Apand): Neighbour test is not enough in cases of which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who are pure economic loss to establish a duty of care‚ which caused a need for further persons I ought to reasonably have in contemplation as I take an action/omission. tests to identify
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Definition: A tort‚ in common law jurisdictions‚ is a civil wrong which unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act‚ called a tortfeasor. Tort is derived from the latin word “Tortum”. Although crimes may be torts‚ the cause of legal action is not necessarily a crime as the harm may be due to negligence which does not amount to criminal negligence. The victim of the harm can recover their loss as damages in a lawsuit
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HA2022 BUSINESS LAW RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT TRIMESTER 2‚ 2012 DUE DATE: - MONDAY 24ST SEPTEMBER 2012 SUBMITTED BY: - ANUP SINGH RAIMAJHI (WMT2060) Question 1 A Sydney tramway passenger was injured in collision with another tram‚ which occurred after the driver collapsed at the controls. The plaintiff argued that the collision could have been avoided if the tramway authority had fitted the tram with system known as ‘dead
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Historical Background ORIENTATION TO THE COURSE STATUS OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES HISTORY OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES Philosophy * Envisions itself to be a cohesive‚ pro-active‚ professional association‚ committed to excellence in nursing. * Believes that safe and quality nursing care to patients is the primary responsibility of nurses. * Believes that those who practice I.V. therapy nursing are only those R.N.s who are adequately trained and have completed the training requirements
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Defensive and Expensive: The pros and cons of malpractice reform and Redirecting consumers from a costly healthcare system Audrey D. Snell University of South Carolina Beaufort Health Care Delivery Systems – BNUR 401 Somewhere in the history of the United States‚ the American people received the dubious moniker of being sue-happy or in practical terms‚ excessively litigious. After all‚ we are the society that lavishly awarded monetary damages to a woman for self –induced third degree
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Hsa 515 Write a 4-6 page paper based on your answers to the following questions. Utilize the Showalter textbook and at least two (2) other resources to support your answers. Identify and explain the four elements of proof necessary for a plaintiff to prove a negligence case. Explain how the standard of care can be proven. In the standard of care‚ there is a certain and prudent kind of way that all persons involved should behave in a given circumstances. The duty of due care requires them to be
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Business Law Lecture 1: Separation of powers: Sources of Law: Common Law judge made law / case law Statutory Law Parliament Parliament: Government Parliament Bi-cameral < State Parliament Government Parliament Upper = Senate Lower = House of Reps State Parliament Upper = Legislative Council Lower = Legislative Assembly Interpretation Of Law: 1. Literal approach (gives literal interpretation to statute’s words) 2. Golden Rule (avoids interpretations that cause absurdities)
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is that of “a reasonable man‚ guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs” The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Generally‚ it is the plaintiff who bears the burden of adducing evidence to prove that the defendant has not met the standard of care expected and has therefore beached the duty of care. The doctrine of res ipsa loquitor (the things speaks for itself) may assist the plaintiff in establishing his case without having to do this. Where the doctrine
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