LAW 534 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reasonable Person, Conservation Halton, Due Diligence
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In the restaurant example: you can use improvement in safety to prove that their defence of due diligence is not a defence since it was possible to make it much safer. However, if for 10 years nothing has occurred and someone with poor eyesight falls, therefore new information has been given and that is why they changed the stairwell - it would be due diligence. Due diligence is things you did before the incident occurs, not after. Here boyd went to area that was not allowed, got crabs - reported himself in and judge allowed it to slide. However the higher courts make him accountable since he should not have been there in the first place. By reporting that can be used to lower sentencing. (8)over what period of time and promptness of response. Skim in readings explanation in class. Limitation period puts a limit on to how far back the crown can go.
