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    Law gives various rights to persons a duty imposed by law to respect the legal right of others right of others. A tort is committed, the remedy is an action for damages, i.e. Compensation for g infringement. In a tortious claim, the defendant may not have any previous transaction or relationship with the claimant. When a person commits a tort with the intention of causing loss or harm which in fact results from the wrongful act, the loss or harm can never be too remote a

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    Law gives various rights to persons a duty imposed by law to respect the legal right of others right of others. A tort is committed, the remedy is an action for damages, i.e. Compensation for g infringement. In a tortious claim, the defendant may not have any previous transaction or relationship with the claimant. When a person commits a tort with the intention of causing loss or harm which in fact results from the wrongful act, the loss or harm can never be too remote a

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    3a Compare Contrast Tort and Contract

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    Law gives various rights to persons a duty imposed by law to respect the legal right of others right of others. A tort is committed, the remedy is an action for damages, i.e. Compensation for g infringement. In a tortious claim, the defendant may not have any previous transaction or relationship with the claimant. When a person commits a tort with the intention of causing loss or harm which in fact results from the wrongful act, the loss or harm can never be too remote a

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    LawofTort Law of Tort

    Principles of tort oftort


    Law gives various rights to persons Lawgivesvariousrights topersons Adutyimposedby lawtorespectthelegal rightofothers right of others Whenarightisinfringed,thewrongdoeris liableintort liable in tort
    e.g.invasionbytrespassersintoaproperty

    When a tort is committed, the remedy is an Whenatortiscommitted,theremedyisan actionfordamages,i.e.compensationfor g infringement

    Crime,tortandbreachofcontract Crime, tort and breach of contract


    Crime
    Prohibitedbylaw The state prosecute the offender Thestateprosecutetheoffender Punishablebyfineorimprisonment

    B th t t d b Bothtortandbreachofcontractare h f t t
    Civilwrongs Thepersonwrongedsuesinacivilcourtfor compensation

    Tortious and contractual liability andcontractualliability


    They are similar in that Theyaresimilarinthat
    Botharecivilwrongs;and Thepersonwrongedsuesinthecourtfor p g compensation

    Differences
    Inatortious claim,thedefendantmaynothave anyprevioustransactionorrelationshipwiththe claimant l i t Inacontractualclaim,thedefendantandclaimant mustbethepartiestothecontract must be the parties to the contract

    Wronganddamage Wrong and damage


    You have to prove your loss if you want to Youhavetoproveyourlossifyouwantto claimdamage
    No loss no compensation Noloss,nocompensation E.g.Page226

    E Exercise i
    Activity1,page227

    Remotenessofdamage Remoteness of damage


    When a person commits a tort with the Whenapersoncommitsatortwiththe intentionofcausinglossorharm whichinfact resultsfromthewrongfulact,thelossorharm results from the wrongful act the loss or harm canneverbetooremoteaconsequence.
    i e You are liable to the loss or harm caused by i.e.Youareliabletothelossorharmcausedby youwhenyouhaveintentiontodoso

    Damages will be awarded for it Damageswillbeawardedforit Page227228

    Assignment2 Assignment 2 3a
    Compare and contrast tortious liability and andcontrasttortious liabilityand contractualliability Comparebetweentortious liabilityand contractualliabilityintermsof: l li bili i f
    Similarity Differences

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