Civil Lawsuit and Corporate Crime
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CRIMINAL PANALTIES
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................3TASK .......................................................................................................................................................................31. Case introduction............................................................................................................................................32. Duties or responsibilities and when they breached.........................................................................................53. Analyse the decision of court..........................................................................................................................7CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTIONCriminal law is related with the crime which is done by the person for the purposecourt imposed penalties on them. The person who conducted wrongful act is known ascriminal who is liable to compensate for the act done by him. Criminal penalties are imposedby the legal authorities for the purpose of wrongdoing. Penalties must be imposed equal tothe mentioned under the law (Clinard and Yeager, 2011). Which can include imprisonmentand compensation amount. In the given scenario, strong is the plaintiff who slip on the floorof Woolworth and through which she cased major injury. In order to receive compensationshe filed claim against company. And on the other hand, firm is liable to pay compensation toplaintiff for the damages. As per the negligence act, one party is responsible to take care otherparry, if they failed to do so them liable for the penalties which are mentioned under the law. TASK 1. Case introductionISSUEIn case Strong v Woolworth Ltd, 2012, Woolworth is able to operated a Big W storewhich is established at NSW shopping centre which is owned by CPT manager limited. It cangive exclusive right to Big W in order to conduct side walk sales. CPT is comes in thecontract with the cleaner in order to clean common areas in each and every 15 minuets. Aftercleaning of side walk sales area, Woolworth is responsible to conduct inspection and identifythe area which is remains left for cleaning. Because of same reason an accident has beenincurred in the premises (Dutton, 2011). Strong, an amputee her part of left leg she alreadylost and used to walk with the help of crutches. She enter into the side walk sales area ataround 12:30 p.m. She fall down on the slippery floor when tip of her right crutch is comesin the contact of floor. Through this serious injury has been caused to her. In order to receivecompensation she claim file against Woolworth. According to law the defendant is liable topay compensation to plaintiff for the injury which is caused to them due to negligence.Because the duty of inspection after cleaning is imposed on the defendant. RULEAs per the negligence act one person is responsible to take care another person. If theyfailed to do so then they are liable to pay compensation to another party (Das, 2011). The
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