Principles of Tort Law

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PRINCIPLES OF TORT LAW
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Question 3:...........................................................................................................................................2
Part 01:.............................................................................................................................................2
Analyse the possible implications of this law suit for both ‘Global Electrical’ and ‘PCUK’:.....2
What are the implications if Michael had ignored the warning signs?........................................3
What are the implications if Michael had promptly alerted ‘Global Electrical’?........................3
Part 2:...............................................................................................................................................4
How would this impact the law suit?...........................................................................................4
In addition would the implications be different depending on Ryan’s age?................................6
References:...........................................................................................................................................7

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Question 3:
Part 01:
Analyse the possible implications of this law suit for both ‘Global Electrical’ and ‘PCUK’:
Tort specifies activities that are responsible for injury to another person. Here an injured
party is entitled to sue the other person for whom the injury might have been occurred.
In a typical tort lawsuit, the party which is injured is known as the plaintiff” in civil cases (it
is somehow comparable and might be regarded as the prosecutor which is often referred in a
criminal case) — they are allowed to pursue compensation and this needs to be done through the
personal injury attorney who represent the case on behalf of the party who seeks compensations
against the accused party, also known as the “defendant” for damages incurred (it might include
harm to property, health, or well-being).
Now there are certain tort principles that needs to be analysed to review the case of Ryan in
this context.
According to principles of tort, it is legal duty of every person to act in such a way that
reduces chance of injury to others. It is expected that every person will follow this as a moral code
of conduct. However, if one does not adhere to this principles and causes damages to others, it is
considered as negligence. It is also most common type of tort that is often identified.
Negligence tort dos not consider if actions are deliberately or not, it only considers if there
were any act of carelessness done by individual or any entity.
PCUK had given a sub contract to ‘Global Electrical’ for all the electrical work and wiring.
One day although the Project Manager of PCUK, Michael noticed that necessary safety precautions
had not been taken by the subcontractor ‘Global Electrical’ whilst performing their work and he