BUSL250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Contributory Negligence, Sports Injury, Detinue

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: BUSL - Business Law
• Course: BUSL250
• Professor: Verity Greenwood

Document Summary

Negligence is not the only tort: trespass (to person, land, to goods, defamation, economic torts (intimidation, interference with contractual relations, passing off, injurious falsehood, deceit, nuisance. Co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) la(cid:449) applies to the e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t legislatio(cid:374) does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:448)er the area. The legislation attempts to: balance defamation with freedom of expression, provide effective remedies for persons harmed, resolve disputes quickly and non-litigiously (offer of pu(cid:271)lishers to (cid:858)(cid:373)ake a a(cid:373)e(cid:374)ds(cid:859)(cid:895) One of the rare areas where a jury can be used in a civil trial. Closest connection criteria for jurisdiction where litigation can proceed (consider internet publications dow jones v gutnick case) What is defamation? (common law definition) : libel: permanent form, slander: temporary form such as speech. Distinction abolished and now 3 types of defamation: Diminishing the reputation of a person in the eyes of a third party/community (person must be identified) Those which diminish a persons reputation in their trade or profession.