A wrongdoer; an individual who commits a wrongful act that injures another and for which the law provides a legal right to seek relief; a defendant in a civil tort action. Cross-references Tort Law. West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All ...
Legal Narratives and Compensation Trends in Tort Law: The Case of Public Apologypublic apologyovercompensationlegal narrativesmetanarrationsmoral redresspunitive damagesADR (alternative dispute resolutioncivil sanctionThis article focuses on the role developed nowaday by public apology as a moral damage repair...
The most common type of remedy in contract law is damages. Damages are typically awarded to compensate the non-breaching party for any losses suffered as a result of the breach. In some cases, however, the court may award "expectation damages." This type of damage is awarded to put the ...
waiver of tort in English law a plaintiff can, instead of seeking damages for a wrong done, seek restitution of the gains made by the defendant. Some torts can be waived, like trespass and deceit, and others cannot. The defendant, on authority, has to have received a specific sum of mon...
8. choice of law 法律适用 9. confidentiality 保密性 10. conviction 定罪;判罪 11. damages 损害赔偿 12. duty 职责 13. enforcement 执行 14. essential terms 必备条款 15. forum selection 法庭选择 16. integration 整合条款 17. injuncti...
Likewise if one of the parties specified his/her effort to the housework in order to avoid hiring help for the housework, then this party may claim for compensation as normative damages within the tort provisions. Serozan, supra note 31, p. 11. 37. Başoğlu, Başak/Yasan, Candan; ...
Federal Tort Claims Act n. a statute (1948) which removed the power of the federal government to claim immunity from a lawsuit for damages due to negligent or intentional injury by a federal employee in the scope of his/her work for the government. It also established a set of regulations...
The harm, additionally, if reasonably foreseeable is -Fardon -v- Harcourt 1932, negligence may entitle to damages, even punitive, Rookes -v- Bernard 1964, although if contemptuously claimed to as little as the smallest coin of the realm, e.g., without costs and nominal in Constantine -v- ...
Based on US and British regulations in force, this article offers an overview of legislation of two Common Law countries in the area of modern forms of law infringements focusing on the notions of revenge porn and fake porn. The first part contains definitions and descriptions of the terms ‘...
Breach of various statutory duties–duties of care imposed by specific Acts of Parliament, including for instance under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Damages in tort Damages in tort are intended to compensate the Claimant for the loss and/or injury sus- tained as a result of the ...