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Contract Law Assignment - Introduction to Business Law

   

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CONTRACT LAW2Table of ContentsIssue 1..............................................................................................................................................3Rule..............................................................................................................................................3Application..................................................................................................................................4Conclusion and Recommendations..............................................................................................4Issue 2..............................................................................................................................................5Rule..............................................................................................................................................5Application..................................................................................................................................5Conclusion and Recommendations..............................................................................................5Issue 3..............................................................................................................................................6Rule..............................................................................................................................................6Application..................................................................................................................................6Conclusion and Recommendations..............................................................................................7Bibliography....................................................................................................................................8Articles/ Books/ Journals.............................................................................................................8Cases............................................................................................................................................8Legislations..................................................................................................................................8
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CONTRACT LAW3Issue 1Whether Ellen has a claim against the council with regards to the advice which was givento her, or not?RuleNegligence can be defined as a contravention of the duty of care which one person owes towards another, which results in the other person getting injured or harmed1. In order to prove that negligence indeed took place, the aggrieved party needs to show that an obligation of care was owed, which was not fulfilled and which resulted in the aggrieved party being harmed or injured. Apart from this, there is a need to show that the injury directly resulted from the negligence of the other party, that there was reasonable foreseeability of such harm occurring and lastly, the losses or the injury was not too remote to cancel out the chances of a claim being awarded2. When a claim of negligence is deemed as successful, the aggrieved party is awarded damages in form of monetary compensation for the physical injury and even for the mental distress caused. The principle of vicarious liability makes the employer liable for the tortious actsof their employees3. Caparo Industries plc v Dickman4 presented that in order for a duty of care to be present the three fold test has to be satisfied. As per this test, there has to be proximity between the parties where the actions of one impacts the other; there is a need for the risk of harm to be 1 Keith Abbott, Norman Pendlebury and Kevin Wardman, Business law (Thompson Learning, 8th ed, 2007)2 Pamela Stewart and Anita Stuhmcke, Australian Principles of Tort Law (Federation Press, 2009)3 Paul Latimer, Australian Business Law 2012 (CCH Australia Limited, 31st ed, 2012)4 [1990] 2 AC 605
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