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    first question was what legal risks that Clean Aqua is facing under statute law for the product. The court of law applied in this case is the tort of negligence. Negligence is a tort – a civil wrong recognised by the courts which entitles the injured person to compensation. The manufacturer, Clean Aqua supplies their appliances to the retailer, EnviroPro that is later sold to the customers. The customer appliance later bought the appliance and cause the customer to be sick. It is Under the…

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    Judicial Case

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    first ask itself whether a reasonable man in the defendant’s position would have foreseen the risk of injury…If the answer be in the affirmative, it is then for the tribunal of fact to determine what a reasonable man would do by way of response to the risk.” Another case used was Beaumont v Surrey County Council (1968) 66 LGR 580 at 585 “…it is a headmaster’s duty, bearing in mind the known propensities of boys and indeed girls between the [relevant] ages, to take all reasonable and proper steps…

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    Aldi Store Negligence

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    some further elements. 1-Duty of care-When a person or an organisation owes someone a duty of care is required to maintain a proper care standard while performing the task which could cause harm to others.Violation of this term may result in a liability,as in commercial law duty of care is called an obligation which is charged on a person requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing a task that can cause harm to other persons(neighbours).This is the first principle that…

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    sports. Take football as an example, would a reasonable person consider a store, such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, to be liable for a football player’s concussion from playing football? This would be a highly unlikely accusation.…

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    Patients Informed Consent

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    means that he/she understood everything and agrees with what is written on the form. For example, if the patient have an operation fails, that it not nothing to do with the sing consent because that person already give their permission to proceed. Proxy is the name used to describe a person representing another. When an individual’s ability are affected to the point of making decision for themselves and communicating in any way possible, another individual can be assigned to represent…

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    Negligence-it is called a situation i which an individual owes another individual a duty of care,it is a deficiency or a failure to do a thing which a reasonable person would or would not, do and which leads to a harm or an injury to another person in a result. In South Australia the civil liability Act 1936 (SA) is used to find out the negligence of a person and the liability the will face as a result of the negligent task on their part. If an individual(plaintiff) takes legal action against…

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    accident and whether it was attributable to negligence on the part of the defendant. It shifts the onus of burden to the defendant. In its shift from the general maxim of - ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat (the burden of proof rests on the person who affirms, not the one who denies), it furthers the principle of equity, which is a widely acknowledged aspect of the common law system. This maxim make a departure from the general rule, and shifts the burden of proof…

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    Introduction Negligence by definition can be described as an act of carelessness dictated by the law for the protection of other people against foreseeable risk of harm that may occur from the act. A person can be held responsible for negligence when they have acted carelessly outside of a reasonable man conduct. This assignment is designed with aims to explain the circumstances and elements of how a negligent may be established, the consequences of decisions using relevant cases to highlight…

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    plaintiff if it is reasonably foreseeable. The modern concept of duty of care was born by Lord Atkin in Donoghue v Stevenson , in which the duty of care was limited to guarding against person injury and property damage. This was only in cases where such injury or damage was, or ought to have been, within the reasonable contemplation of the defendant. Moreover, in Cook v Cook, the court suggested that the normal standard for…

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    Negligence Act Case Study

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    Introduction: Lead that falls beneath the norms of conduct built up by law for the insurance of others against irrational risk of hurt. A man has acted carelessly in the event that he or she has withdrawn from the lead expected of a sensibly reasonable person acting under comparable conditions. With a specific end goal to set up carelessness as a Cause of Action under the law of TORTS, an offended party must demonstrate that the litigant had a duty to the offended party, the respondent ruptured…

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