BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (FINANCE)ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET | NAME OF STUDENT | BUI TRANG NGAN – NELLY | REGISTRATION NO. | F04 – 118 | UNIT TITLE | Aspects of Contract and Negligence for Business | ASSIGNMENT TITLE | Negligence | ASSIGNMENT NO | 2 of 2 (individual report) | NAME OF ASSESSOR | Mr. John Andre | SUBMISSION DEADLINE | 7 Jan 2012 | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- I, ______BUI TRANG NGAN_____
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1. What is a tort? A tort is a civil wrong not arising from a breach of contract; a breach of a legal duty that proximately cause harm or injury to another. The purpose of tort law is to provide remedies for the invasion of various protected interests. The basic categories of torts are two classifications intentional and unintentional torts. (p.116) 2. What is a cyber-tort, and how are tort theories being applied in cyberspace? A tort committed in cyberspace. Tort theories which apply
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TORTS AND CYBER TORTS CHAPTER 12 Section 1: The Basis of Tort Law * A Tort law is designed to compensate those who have suffered a loss or injury due to another person’s wrongful act. It is meant to obtain compensation (monetary damages) or other remedies for the harm suffered. * The purpose of Tort Law: Tort law tries to protect certain things that society recognizes as an interest worth protecting such as property, intangible interests (personal privacy, family relations, reputation
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income derived from a pattern of racketeering activity to acquire an interest in a enterprise. 9. Rule of Law: Intentional Torts: Battery A battery is the intentional and harmful or offensive touching of another without consent. 10. Rule of law: Intentional Torts: Assualt Is placing a person in immediate apprehension of one's physical safety. 11. Rule of Law:Intentional Torts: Assault/Battery Defenses o 1. Self defense is defending yourself and a third party using only enough force that is necessary
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house and maintain discipline. The claimants stayed at Axelholme House between 1979 and 1982. During that time they were sexually abused by Mr Grain. They sued the defendants, claiming that the defendants were vicariously liable in respect of the torts committed by Mr Grain when he sexually abused the claimants. The Court of Appeal dismissed the claimants’ actions on the grounds that Mr Grain was not acting in the course of his employment by the defendants when he sexually abused the claimants. The
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elements of negligence and tort liability. 2. Compare appropriate punishment for corporations that commit crimes with appropriate punishment for persons who commit crimes that harm businesses. 3. Apply consumer protection law to a business situation. Introduction This week focuses on study of torts, criminal law, and consumer protection law (specifically, product liability). These are each different substantive areas of law that are relevant to business and business persons. Students will
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dissimilarities of liability in tort and contractual liability along with elaborating the essence of liability in negligence and vicarious liability with the aim at depicting their applications in business contexts and daily situations. Besides, the study pursues litigations and statutes in the United Kingdom, the United State and Vietnam from the late seventeenth century until now. PART 1 THE PRINCIPLES OF LIABILITY IN NEGLIGENCE IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS 3.1 Contrast between liability in tort and contractual liability
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the company needed to come up with a plan to manage torts and regulatory risks. Common business torts include intentional torts, unintentional torts (negligence) and strict liability. Intentional torts refer to actions that are taken with the intent to cause injury to the plaintiff. Unintentional torts, or negligence, refer to actions that are not taken to directly harm someone but where harm is a foreseeable consequence. The third type of tort is strict liability which means liability without any
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Week 1- Law 122 : Why study law 1. Business decisions have legal consequences which affect profits and losses: * Some decisions impose liability, others create opportunities * Negative: dumping pollutants into environment * Positive: binding contractual party to promise 2. Risk mgmt. tool: Law sets the framework for risk, it gives you tools to manage the risk * Ex. Insurance, exclusion and limitation clauses, incorporation Dimensions of course 1.
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Apply the tort of negligence to a given fact situation |Level |5 | |Credits |3 | Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to explain the law of torts, and apply the tort of negligence to a given fact situation
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