Objectives

In the situation described above most observers would say that the employees who lost their jobs should not recover but how does ...

In this course, we focus on the ability of the professional for providing negligent advice or information (known as negligent mi ...

Notice that these six elements only go to form the duty of care. The other elements of negligence (breach, causation and remoten ...

statements unless she/he intended to induce another to rely upon such statements, or in the absence of such intention, she/he kn ...

Voluntary Assumption of Risk Known also by its latin maxim volenti non fit injuria, the principle here is that a person cannot ...

elements. With the first element, the duty of care is concerned to establish whether there was sufficient closeness between the ...

CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Objectives 3.0 Main Content 3.1 Defamation 3.1.1 Elements 3.1.2 Defences 3.2 Conversion and Detinn ...

This is an important but very complex area of the law. To cover some of the main principles the following extracts have been cho ...

The definition of defamation is broad, and the reports reveal that quite mild strictures have been litigated. Accordingly, the d ...

Another important defence is absolute privilege which covers statements made in parliament or the courts. Also the publishing re ...

nuisance over one loud party. There would need to be sustained noise over a much longer period. (b) Interference to the use of l ...

Two common issues arise in relation to vicarious liability: In the employer/employee situation what is ‘in the course of employ ...

compensation insurances. If the person in question is an employee then the employer in responsible for extracting PAYE tax and a ...

6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT Aliyu accused Kenny on the floor of the State Assembly of being a cheat, 419 and a liar. This was t ...

Unit 2 Contract: Intention and Consideration Unit 3 Contract: Construction of the Terms of a Contract Unit 4 Contract: Validity/ ...

One very common mistake people make when speaking of contracts is to assume that a contract means in law a written contract. The ...

3.1.1 Definition of Contract Most definitions of contract usually refer to four elements: An agreement By two or more parties c ...

Historically, there have been two main factors which have had a substantial impact on the modern law of contract. 3.2.1 The Noti ...

idea that the contract was the basis of the operations of the business world. People in business must be confident that the cour ...

Promises or undertakings made under seal or by deed are often referred to as covenants, as opposed to terms within a simple cont ...