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I am the company solicitor for Everlasting Estates Ltd., and have been required to draft a report for the Board of Directors of Everlasting Estates, explaining the company's liability and any defenses which the company may rely on.
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Glossary Terms 1. Tort - A series of duties imposed primarily by the law to regulate human contact. 2. Damages - Monetary compensation. 3. Plaintiff - Person who incites civil proceedings. 4. Defendant - The person who is accused of a crime. 5. Negligence - If a person acts carelessly and as a result of that carelessness, another is injured or suffers loss it may be that, that person is negligent in the law of tort. Not all careless acts will allow the wronged person to sue the wrongdoer for negligence. 6. Common Law - The law made by judges and contains in the decisions of judges. Common Law requires the employer to: * Owe duty of care towards his employees * Provide competent staff * Provide a safe system at work * Provide safe apparatus * Provide safe premises The major statutory duties giving rise to employer's civil liability are: * Construction regulations * Factories Act * Simultaneous criminal offence under the...
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