PRACTICE QUESTION FOR TORTS John worked as a car/truck mechanic for a small business in Darlinghurst Sydney. He was a newly trained mechanic and had just commenced work at a new job last week. The day he started work he was given the task of repairing a truck engine. This required John to disassemble the engine with specialised tools. Mechanics who worked on these large engines were normally given protective head gear to prevent any piece of engine striking them in the face should a piece
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PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE THE CHANGING COASTLINE OF LIABILITY John L. Powell Q.C. Even the briefest acquaintance with the world’s major financial centres‚ and especially Hong Kong‚ London or New York‚ immediately confirms that we live in world dominated by professionals. The magnificent multi-storey edifices adorning the shores of this and similar cities are the castles and palaces of the present age‚ proclaiming the influence and power of professionals
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What is negligence? Negligence is a legal concept in the common law legal systems mostly applied in tort cases to achieve monetary compensation for physical and mental injuries. Negligence is a type of tort. "Negligence" is not the same as "carelessness"‚ because someone might be exercising as much care as they are capable of‚ yet still fall below the level of competence expected of them. It is the opposite of "diligence". It can be generally defined as conduct that is culpable because it falls
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TORTS CAN – FALL 2010 - GOOLD Lecture 1: Introduction to the Law of Torts Tort= area of law that deals with wrongdoing. Criminal=public wrongs‚ tort=private Tort= law concerned w/ rights & remedies associated with legal relationships between individuals. - What is wrong with this definition of torts? Fails to take into account key aspects of tort law. Three ways to define torts: (1) Areas of law recognised by courts as torts (e.g. the subjects in the syllabus) (2) Area of law concerned
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Negligence is defined as the the commission of an act that a prudent person would not have done or the omission of a duty that a prudent person would have fulfilled‚ resulting in injury or harm to another person. In particular‚ in a malpractice suit‚ a professional person is negligent if harm to a client results from such an act or such failure to act‚ but it must be proved that other prudent members of the same profession would ordinarily have acted differently under the same circumstances. Negligence
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Chapter 2 Negligence: basic principles Contents Introduction 13 2.1 2.2 2.3 Structure of the tort 13 Organisation of the chapters 14 Policy questions 14 Introduction Negligence is the most important modern tort: its study should occupy about half the course. It is important because of the great volume of reported cases and because it is founded on a principle of wide and general application. This chapter explains the basic structure of the tort and describes the organisation of the material in
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Tort Law A tort is a civil wrong arising from an act or failure to act‚ independently of any contact‚ for which an action for personal injury or property damages may be brought. It deals with situations where a person’s behaviour has unfairly caused someone else to suffer loss or harm. A person who suffers a tortious act is entitled to receive compensation for “damages”‚ usually money payment from the person or people responsible. The tort of negligence is a type of civil wrong where a contract
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Concurrent liability Text [13.45] – [13.65]‚ [13.80] – [13.120] Vicarious liability is the liability of an employer for a tort committed by an employee within the course of employment Stevens v Brodribb sawmilling the existence of control between an employer and employee is not enough to prove a relationship for vicarious liability. Further criteria such as obligation to work‚ hours to work etc is also considered Elazac pty ltd v Sheriff the plaintiff was not an employee but a contractor
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Law of Tort The law of tort is that set of rules specifying certain actions and omissions as wrongs which give rise to civil liability. Tort of Negligence It arises when damage is caused to a person or his property by a failure to take such reasonably cares as the law requires in the circumstances of the case. The damage could be caused by a negligent act or omission; meaning that the defendant did something or the defendant failed to do what he should have. Elements of negligence To succeed
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Question 1 A Sydney tramway passenger was injured in a 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 a system known as `dead man’s handle’‚ a system in use on Sydney’s trains. According to my findings‚ Dead Man’s Handle refers to an old train device: the dead man’s handle. It was typically some form of switch that the driver would keep
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