Blaw Law of Tort

Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Business & Accountancy Diplomas in ACC, BIT, BS, BFS & IBZ Business Law integrity OF TORTSTUDENTS COPY Tutorial Questions Section B Problem Questions (Use LAC format to answer, with supporting cases) 1. Last month, Raj bought a pair of Flying bird of Jove inline skates from his neighbourhood shop. Flying Eagle inline skates ar made in a factory in Tampines owned by the Kang Brothers. Unknown to Raj, the particular model of inline skates had a manufacturing defect. Two weeks ago, while Raj was glide down the Bukit Timah Hill, the brakes on the skates failed, causing him to roll down the hill.Raj suffered multiple bruises on his head, elbows and knees and a fracture of his right wrist. Raj was hospitalised and was unable to work for three weeks as a part-time delivery boy at the Prata Hut. Required a) Advise Raj whether he poop successfully claim compensation under the tort of negligence. jural principals Negligence is non doing something that a re asonable man would do, or doing something that a reasonable man would not do. A duty of care firstly requires actual forseeablility owed to any somebody whom we can reasonably foresee go away be injured by our acts or omissions to test the remoteness of damage.It is also known as the neighbour principal. Secondly, there must be legal propinquity based on the closeness and directness of the relationship between the parties, physical proximity or casual proximity. Lastly, there is a consideration of all policy matters applicable to the situation which might remove the duty of care which had been established. Whether or not the duty of care is breached determines on the standard of care expected from the person who owes the duty. Factors equivalent the level of skill, likelihood of soil and seriousness of the injury are taken into consideration.The plaintiff must then show that he suffered damage or detriment as a direct result of the defendants breach. This can be done using the but for test, in which if the plaintiff would not have suffered damage but for the defendants negligence, then the negligence is a direct result and breach of duty of care. Application Flying Eagle owes its customers a duty of care to ensure that its skates are free of defects. It is factually foreseable that if the skates had defects, the person wearing the skates ordain eventually be injured.There is casual proximity involved as the skates were bought from a shop that sells Flying Eagle skates. Using the but for test, Raj is around likely not to have suffered injuries if there were not any defects. Conclusion In conclusion, Raj is able to sue Flying Eagle for damages regarding his hospitalisation fees and loss of income. b) Discuss briefly whether it will make a difference to your answer if the medical report showed that the injuries suffered by Raj could have been less serious if he had skeletal a safety helmet, and protective pads while skating.Under the Contributory Negligen ce and Personal injuries Act, the plaintiffs injury was partly contributed by his own fault. The court will apportion the liability between the parties. In Rajs case, his injuries would have been less serious by wearing his safety equipment. Thus, the extent of injury was partly contributed by his own fault and he will not be able to claim as much compensation as compared to the first scenario. 2. Wanda was very stressed with her boss, Glenda.After she resigned, she decided to vent her frustration by sending e-mails to her beau mondes clients and some of her colleagues that her boss is a fraud and a tyrant who runs the company like an army regiment. These statements are totally untrue and the companys clients do not have a good opinion of Glenda anymore. In fact, since the e-mail started circulating, the companys business has suffered badly. Required a) Advise Glenda whether she will be successful if she sues Wanda for defamation. Legal principalsDefamation occurs when a statemen t is published which leads to the displace of a persons reputation in the estimation of members of society. The accused must have made the publication with the intention to harm the reputation of the person defamed, and knows or believes that such injury will result. This constitutes as a criminal offence under the Penal Code (Chapter 224). However, under the law of tort, no intention needs to be proved,Damages are presumed to result from a libel (written statements) and no necessity to prove actual loss capable to being measured in monetary terms.Slander requires proof to excess damage. For the statement to be considered as defamatory, it must be published and sent to any person other than the person who is the subject of the statement, untrue and effect of lowering a persons reputation generally. Application Wanda is guilty for defamation because her statements were published in the form of emails and she had the intention to harm Glendas reputation as she was unhappy with her. Also, there were damages in the form of business loss and this is capable of being measured in monetary terms as well. ConclusionGlenda will be successful if she sues Wanda for defamation. b) What are the possible remedies available to Glenda in this situation? She will be awarded damages to compensate for the loss of reputation. The amount of damages may bbe aggravated by malicious motives and the prominence of both the plaintiff and defendant, seriousness of the libel and the manner and extent of the publication as well as the deal out of the defendant. Glenda can also seek an injunction to prevent the future publication of any defamatory matter and destruction of all defamatory materials published.