LAWS 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jury Trial, Therapeutic Abortion Committee, State Ownership
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Lecture #1 - september 9 th , 2014: Defendant the person who the claim is against and submits a defence. On appeal the defendant will initiate the claim the appellant and the. The ordering of the names reflects who initiates what on what level. Responsibility of making the case plaintiff. The defendant does not need to submit a defence. Donoghue (plaintiff) stevenson (defendant) claim: p claims d handed p a respondent drink with a half decomposed snail in it. P drank the drink not knowing about the snail. P then suffered injury suing for financial compensation (civil) suffered an injury as a result of someone else"s errors. P must be affected by an action from d. D (employee) p the legal relationship goes both ways contract of. Duty of care sale sue the store not the employee individually. Private law re: individuals not the government is concerned with.
