Business Law Assignment: Tort of Negligence

09 September 2018

BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT 1
Table of Contents
Answer to Part A........................................................................................................................2
Issue........................................................................................................................................2
Rule........................................................................................................................................2
Duty to take care................................................................................................................2
Breach of the duty to take care...........................................................................................2
Damage..............................................................................................................................3
Causation............................................................................................................................3
Vicarious Liability.............................................................................................................3
Application.............................................................................................................................3
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................4
Answer to Part B........................................................................................................................5
Issue........................................................................................................................................5
Rule........................................................................................................................................5
Application.............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

BUSINESS LAW ASSIGNMENT 2
Answer to Part A
Issue
The issue in the given case is that whether Meghan and Catherine can sue Harry and Will
successfully, the employees of the Australian Post Department, under the tort of negligence.
In the given case study, both Meghan and Catherine have suffered injuries due to escaping of
the snakes from the parcel box of the Australian Post Department, which was found during
sorting by Harry and Will.
Rule
In general, the term negligence is referred to as carelessness. The tort law of negligence in
Australia covers the cases of negligence. As per the said law, the negligence is referred to as
failure to exercise the due standards of care, which a prudent and a responsible man should
have exercised in the concerned circumstances (Terry and Giugni, 2016). Negligence is a
mode, which may lead to a number of harms, when the adequate precautions are not taken,
while the same were required to do be taken. In order to establish that a party has been
negligent in the performance of his or her duties, the following four elements must be
fulfilled, as laid down by the torts of negligence.
Duty to take care: One of the significant conditions of the tort of negligence is the presence of
a duty or responsibility on the part of the defendant, towards the plaintiff. The popular case
law of the Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] AC 562 highlights the same. Without the existence
of a certain duty, the case of the negligence cannot be established.
Breach of the duty to take care: Yet another significant condition for the establishment of the
liability under negligence is that it must be proved that the defendant has breached the duty to