Actionable Torts in UK Law
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW OF TORTS IN ISRAEL
... ... : The Ordinance does not deal with the following torts which are well-known civil wrongs in English law, but are not actionable in Israeli law, as they are not included in the Civil Wrongs Ordinance : Master and servant: claims for seduction and loss of ... ...
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Comparative Notes on Injunction and Wrongful Risk-Taking
This article looks into the role of injunctive relief in tort law. More specifically, it focuses on the role of injunction in cases concerning wrongful risk-taking behaviour (as opposed to intentio...... ... mechanisms for injunctive relief i n cases concerning deliberate torts was as daunting to the Romans as considering a n ov erarching conception ... ing between categories of wrongful acts which a re actionable per se and those that only give rise to a c ause of action if ... ...
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A Tort‐Based Approach to Damages under the Human Rights Act 1998
This article argues that a strong case can be made for departing from the current approach to damages under the Human Rights Act 1998, and for the adoption of an alternative tort‐based approach. Th...... ... and corporeal integ rity are protected both by Convention rights and torts such as false imprisonmen t and trespassto the person. It wo uld take ... In particular, human rights l a w and torts actionable per s e serve similar underl ying vindicato ry functions and prot ect ... ...
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Recent Judicial Decisions
... ... How- ever, to succeed in these torts, proof of ‘ malice ’ is required which in English law basically ... the requirements of ‘ malice ’ in these torts nor are actionable in negligence. The Supreme Court of Canada in Hill v Hamilton-Wentworth ... ...
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Notes Of Cases
... ... the wide-held view that the master is liable for the torts of his servant, it may be said that the husband’s ... for enabling the employer to escape liability for actionable torts committed by his servants in the course of ... ...
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Criminal Law Legislation Update
... ... causing B to suffer loss or damage of any description, except that torts that are actionable on the ground only that they induce another person to ... ...
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: One Step (Support) LTD v Morris‐Garner and Another
One Step is an important decision that deals with the circumstances in which a claimant may recover damages in contract on the so‐called Wrotham Park basis, valued as the amount that would hypothet...... ... Briggs, ‘Holiday Torts and Damage Within the Jurisdiction’ [2018] LMCLQ 196 (note). Against: A ... jurisdiction because the case was one of an economic tort where actionable damage could (and did) occur in multiple jurisdictions. It was unconcerned ... ...
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Fog in the Gateway: Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Inc
In Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Inc, the UK Supreme Court for the first time addressed the meaning of ‘damage’ in the gateway for jurisdiction in tort cases under paragraph 3.1(9)(a) of Practic...... ... Briggs, ‘Holiday Torts and Damage Within the Jurisdiction’ [2018] LMCLQ 196 (note). Against: A ... jurisdiction because the case was one of an economic tort where actionable damage could (and did) occur in multiple jurisdictions. It was unconcerned ... ...
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Freedom, so close but yet so far: The impact of the ongoing confrontation with freedom on the perceived severity of punishment
The severity of a particular sentence is often assumed to be reflected by its degree of liberty-restriction: a five-year prison sentence is considered more severe than a one-year prison sentence, a...... ... seriously explaining that ‘if the harms experienced are actionable consti - tutional torts, then they likely deserve some remedy, not because ... ...
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Filling in the Blanks for Litigation Privilege: Blank v Canada (Minister of Justice)
... ... recognised future crimes and fraud exception to other forms of actionable misconduct including malicious prosecution and abuse of process claims, her torts, breaches of regulatory statutes, breaches of contract, and other breaches ... ...
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