SOCI10001 Lecture 10: Week 10 (Notes from Chapter 10 of requisite text-book included)
25 Jul 2018
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Tort law: assists with wrongful" (careless, reckless, negligent) conduct by one person that causes harm to someone else: tort law. Provides a private right of action for compensation; or for an order to stop continuing or threatened harm. Tort of negligence- protection against many kinds of careless conduct causing harm. Failed to take reasonable care to prevent loss or damage to others that was foreseeable. Trespass to land or chattels- protection of property from interference. Assault and battery- protection of the person from violence or threats of violence. Private nuisance- protection of the right of quiet and peaceful enjoyment of one"s property. Defamation- protection of personal reputation from untrue statements. Mere representations, even if said to deliberately mislead, do not form terms of the contract. However, there are other options to sue for misrepresentation. If it is deliberate or negligent, you can sue under goods act legislation, or. Effect of frustration not made void ab nitio.
