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Negligence and Common Law - Assignment

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Negligence and Common Law - Assignment

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LAW ASSIGNMENT
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................31........................................................................................................................................................3Various concepts of negligence and common law......................................................................32........................................................................................................................................................5Remedies and defences by defendant.........................................................................................5CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTIONLaw can be determined as the systematic management in which various rules andregulations are established for the legal and effective functioning of the country. It consist ofvarious governmental and societal rules and regulations which are there to formed in respect ofcitizens of country (Coffee Jr, Sale and Henderson, M. T. (2015)). In the context of Australia,common law has been framed in order to highlight the legislation of Australia and alsolegislations framed by Federal Parliament and State and Territories of Australia. In this reportdifferent aspects of civil and common law has been discussed. In addition to this, variousconcept related to Civil Liability Act has been illustrated. 1.Various concepts of negligence and common lawIn the given case scenario, it has been provided that it was raining that night and Annadid not taxi as it was heavily raining and she was unable to wait for it. So, she decide to take alift from Michael. Anna realised that Michael drank alcohol prior driving the bike and also hewas not able to drive the bike properly. Also, Anna did not want to stop the journey on bike as itwas heavily raining so she decided to continue with Michael only. Further more, after some time,due to lost over his control on bike, they hit a tree and injured Anna and himself very badly andseriously. Laws and legislations are framed for the protection of the rights of citizens by enforcingvaried governmental and social laws and regulations (Perry, (2011)). In the context of Australia,there are various laws and regulations which are established for the betterment of the society andits people. Common law in Australia is a body which has been formed with a perspective toeffect the legal rights and rules. It is the body which includes the cases by judges tribunals andcourts. It can be said that since long time ago, there is a significant change and thedifferentiation among UK and Australian laws.
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