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REVISION
ENGLISH IV
Put the verbs in brackets
into the appropriate forms:
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Each country _______(determine) the
jurisdiction of its courts to entertain a civil
law suit. In federal countries or unitary
systems with strong traditions of regional or
provincial jurisdiction (e.g., the US, the UK,
Canada, and Switzerland), it ______
(become) necessary to have rules to
determine in which jurisdiction a civil suit
may ______(bring, passive). In some
countries (e.g.Austria) the central (national)
law ______(govern), while in others the
constituent states may determine the
jurisdiction of their courts themselves (e.g.,
the US).
Fill in the missing words: enforcement,
obligation, private, refers
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Private international law _____ to that
part of the law that is administered
between___ citizens of different
countries or is concerned with the
definition, regulation, and ____ of
rights in situations where both the
person in whom the right inheres and
the person upon whom the _____
rests are private citizens of different
nations.
Dispute, governments, regulations,
respect, set, transaction
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It is a set of rules and ____ that are
established or agreed upon by citizens
of different nations who privately enter
into a ____ and that will govern in the
event of a ____. In this ____, private
international law differs from public
international law, which is the ___ of
rules entered into by the ____of
various countries that determine the
rights and regulate the relations of
independent nations.
Key
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Private international law refers to that
part of the law that is administered
between private citizens of different
countries or is concerned with the
definition, regulation, and enforcement
of rights in situations where both the
person in whom the right inheres and
the person upon whom the obligation
rests are private citizens of different
nations.
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It is a set of rules and regulations that are
established or agreed upon by citizens of
different nations who privately enter into a
transaction and that will govern in the event
of a dispute. In this respect, private
international law differs from public
international law, which is the set of rules
entered into by the governments of various
countries that determine the rights and
regulate the intercourse of independent
nations.
Exercise: What is a
contract?
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Complete the text using the following:
agreement, breach, capacity,
consideration, damages, fraud, illegal,
obligation, oral, performance,
property, signed, terms
agreement, breach, capacity, consideration,
damages, fraud, illegal, obligation, oral,
performance, property, signed, terms
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It is an agreement that creates a
binding ____ upon the parties. The
essentials of a contract are as follows:
mutual ____; a legal ____which in
most instances need not be financial;
parties who have legal ____to make a
contract; absence of ____or duress;
and a subject matter that is not
____or against public policy.
agreement, breach, capacity, consideration,
damages, fraud, illegal, obligation, oral,
performance, property, signed, terms
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In general, contracts may be either
___or written. Certain types of
contracts, however, in order to be
enforceable, must be written and
____. These include contracts
involving the sale and transfer of
_____.
agreement, breach, capacity, consideration,
damages, fraud, illegal, obligation, oral,
performance, property, signed, terms
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In case of a ____of contract, the
injured party may go to court to sue
for financial compensation (or ____),
or for rescission, for injunction, or for
specific performance if financial
compensation would not compensate
for the breach. Specific____of a
contract is the right by one contracting
party to have the other contracting
party perform the contract according
to the precise___ agreed
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It is an agreement that creates a
binding obligation upon the parties.
The essentials of a contract are as
follows: mutual agreement; a legal
consideration which in most
instances need not be financial;
parties who have legal capacity to
make a contract; absence of fraud or
duress; and a subject matter that is
not illegal or against public policy.
Key
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In general, contracts may be either
oral or written. Certain types of
contracts, however, in order to be
enforceable, must be written and
signed. These include contracts
involving the sale and transfer of
property.
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In case of a breach of contract, the injured
party may go to court to sue for financial
compensation (or damages), or for
rescission, for injunction, or for specific
performance of financial compensation
would not compensate for the breach.
Specific performance of a contract is the
right by one contracting party to have the
other contracting party perform the contract
according to the precise terms agreed
Fill in the gaps with the followig:
breached, care, damages, deterrent,
distress, incurred, proof, redress,
remedy, wronged
 What is the purpose of the law of tort?
Many lawyers describe this as the most
disorganised area of law. It has even been
described as ‘the dustbin of law’. Meaning
that it is the place where all of the problems
that other areas of law cannot deal with will
eventually arrive.However, the principal
purpose of the law of tort is to provide
a____to those who have been___ by
others. Some of these wrongs might be
covered by criminal law or by contract law
as well as by the law of tort, but some
breached, care, damages, deterrent,
distress, incurred, proof, redress,
remedy, wronged
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However, people are not liable for wrongs to
others in every situation in life. Let’s say
that person A harms person B in some way.
Is person B entitled to what lawyers
call____? It is certainly not automatic that
person B can make a claim against person A
according to the law of tort. It depends on
the type of harm that has been caused and
under what circumstances.
breached, care, damages, deterrent,
distress, incurred, proof, redress,
remedy, wronged
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The law of tort is based upon
principles that have developed over
many years. These principles explain
what lawyers refer to as ‘tortious
liability’. This is where one person or
organisation has a duty in the eyes of
the law not to harm another in any
way. This duty is called duty of ____.
breached, care, damages, deterrent,
distress, incurred, proof, redress,
remedy, wronged
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To make a successful claim against someone
according to the law of tort, you must first
of all establish that:
The person who has harmed you owed a
duty of care to you, and
The duty of care was____.
In some cases you also need to provide the
court with___of harm, but in other cases
just proving that the duty of care was
breached is enough.
breached, care, damages, deterrent,
distress, incurred, proof, redress,
remedy, wronged
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The main objective of the law of tort is
not to punish the wrongdoer, but to
compensate the injured party. This
compensation usually takes the form
of a payment of money that is referred
to as ___.
breached, care, damages, deterrent,
distress, incurred, proof, redress,
remedy, wronged
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Let’s say that person A is driving
dangerously and causes harm to person B
by crashing into his car. In this example,
person A has an automatic duty of care not
to harm anyone in this way and that duty
has been breached. A court might award
damages to cover the cost of buying a new
car. It might also award damages for any
other expenses that person B has ____,
such as loss of earnings if he is unable to go
to work.
breached, care, damages, deterrent,
distress, incurred, proof, redress,
remedy, wronged
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The court might also add a certain amount
of damages to the sum awarded for things
that are difficult to measure, such as person
B’s pain and suffering. The phrase moral
damage is not used in English to describe
his kind of suffering. We usually describe it
as ‘pain and suffering’ or ‘emotional ___.
Some lawyers think that the law of tort also
acts as a ___in that people think twice
before behaving in a way that could lead to
harm.
Fill in the missing words: agree,
argue,ask, contribute, do, establish,
expect
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Under what circumstances is a person guilty
of the tort of negligence? Unfortunately, the
definition of the term ‘negligence’ varies
according to which book you are reading.
The legal term ‘negligence’ has a much
more complex meaning than the general
English meaning of the word. However,
most lawyers ___upon the idea that in order
to establish negligence in a particular
situation we must___three fundamental
questions:
Fill in the missing words: agree,
argue,ask, contribute, do, establish,
expect, owe
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Did the defendant___the claimant a
duty of care?
Was that duty of care breached?
Did the defendant’s breach cause, or
materially___to, the damage suffered
by the claimant?
If the answer to all three questions is
‘yes’, then the defendant has been
negligent in the legal sense of the
word.
agree, argue,ask, contribute, do,
establish, expect
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To whom do I owe the duty of care? The
case law in this area is complicated.
However, there is a principle of English law
that says that I owe a duty of care to
anyone in situtations where it is reasonably
foreseeable that my act or omission might
cause harm to another person. In other
words, it is a defence to an allegation of
negligence to ___that no reasonable person
would have anticipated that my act or
omission would cause harm.
agree, argue,ask, contribute, do,
establish, expect
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Assuming that I can reasonably anticipate
the result of my act or omission, what
standard of care does the law___from me?
How do I know when I have breached my
duty of care? To answer this question, most
English law students are asked to remember
the general principle of negligence provided
by a judge named Alderson in the case of
Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks (1856). The
judge said:
agree, argue,ask, contribute, do,
establish, expect
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‘Negligence is the omission
to___something which a reasonable
man, guided upon those
considerations which ordinarily
regulate the conduct of human affairs,
would do, or doing something which a
prudent and reasonable man would
not do’.
agree, argue,ask, contribute, do,
establish, expect
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Again, the question of whether or not
I have breached my duty of care has
been decided by an objective test.
What would an ordinary, reasonable
person do under the same
circumstances? Finally, in order to
firmly __negligence, the claimant must
demonstrate that the negligent act of
the defendant was the main cause of
the damage complained of. A court will
often ask:
agree, argue,ask, contribute, do,
establish, expect, suffered
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Was the chain of causation broken at
any time?
Would the harm that the claimant
___have happened anyway, even if
the defendant had not acted in a
particular way?
Even where there is a clear chain of
causation, was the damage too
remote, in other words, not reasonably
foreseeable by the defendant?
agree, argue,ask, contribute, do,
establish, expect, imagine, suffered
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In conclusion, establishing that
someone has been negligent is not as
straightforward as the general public
might imagine.
Complete the following sentences
with a preposition: by, under, at,
upon, of
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Do we agree___the fact that your
client owed my client a duty of care?
We must ask ourselves what a
reasonable person would have
done___the circumstances.
The defendant did not take reasonable
care when using dangerous chemicals
and so he is guilty ___behaving
negligently.
by, under, at, upon, of
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The damage caused to the claimant
was not reasonably foreseeable___the
defendant.
___what point do you think that the
chain of causation was broken?
Introduction to Company
Law:
Exercise
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Complete the text by using the
following words: agreements,
borrow, corporations, court,
debts, dividends, employees,
legal, legislation, liability, limited,
objectives, partnership, profits,
property, registered (x2),
shareholders, sole trader, sue
agreements, borrow, corporations, court, debts, dividends,
employees, legal, legislation, liability, limited, objectives,
partnership, profits, property, registered (x2), shareholders,
sole trader, sue
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A company is a ___entity, allowed by
___, which permits a group of people,
as___, to create an organization,
which can then focus on pursuing
set____. It is empowered with legal
rights which are usually only reserved
for individuals, such as the right
to____and be sued, own____,
hire____ or loan and ____money.
agreements, borrow, corporations, court, debts, dividends,
employees, legal, legislation, liability, limited, objectives,
partnership, profits, property, registered (x2), shareholders,
sole trader, sue
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The primary advantage of a company
structure is that it provides the
shareholders with a right to participate
in the_____, a proportionate
distribution of profits made in the form
of a money payment to shareholders,
without any personal____.
agreements, borrow, corporations, court, debts, dividends,
employees, legal, legislation, liability, limited, objectives,
partnership, profits, property, registered (x2), shareholders,
sole trader, sue
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There are various forms of legal
business entities ranging from
the____, who alone bears the risk and
responsibility of running a business,
taking the profits, but as such not
forming any association in law and
thus not regulated by special rules of
law, to the____company with
___liability and to multinational ____.
agreements, borrow, corporations, court, debts, dividends,
employees, legal, legislation, liability, limited, objectives,
partnership, profits, property, registered (x2), shareholders,
sole trader, sue
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In a ____, members ‘associate’,
forming collectively an association in
which they all participate in
management and sharing____,
bearing the liability for the firm’s
_____and being sued jointly and
severally in relation to the firm’s
contracts or tortious acts.
agreements, borrow, corporations, court, debts, dividends,
employees, legal, legislation, liability, limited, objectives,
partnership, profits, property, registered (x2), shareholders,
sole trader, sue
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Limited-liability companies, or
corporations, unlike partnerships, are
formed not simply by____entered into
between their first members; they
must also be_____at a public office or
_____designated by law or otherwise
obtain official acknowledgement of
their existence.
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A company is a legal entity, allowed
by legislation, which permits a group
of people, as shareholders, to create
an organization, which can then focus
on pursuing set objectives. It is
empowered with legal rights which are
usually only reserved for individuals,
such as the right to sue and be sued,
own property, hire emoloyees or
loan and borrow money.
Key
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The primary advantage of a company
structure is that it provides the
shareholders with a right to participate
in the dividends, a proportionate
distribution of profits made in the form
of a money payment to shareholders,
without any personal liability.
Key
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There are various forms of legal
business entities ranging from the
sole trader, who alone bears the risk
and responsibility of running a
business, taking the profits, but as
such not forming any association in
law and thus not regulated by special
rules of law, to the registered
company with limited liability and to
multinational corporations.
Key
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In a partnership, members
‘associate’, forming collectively an
association in which they all
participate in management and
sharing profits, bearing the liability
for the firm’s debts and being sued
jointly and severally in relation to the
firm’s contracts or tortious acts.
Key
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Limited-liability companies, or
corporations, unlike partnerships, are
formed not simply by agreements
entered into between their first
members; they must also be
registered at a public office or court
designated by law or otherwise obtain
official acknowledgement of their
existence.
Complied, conferred,
procedures, substantive
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Ultra vires has two meanings: (1)
___ultra vires where a decision has
been reached outside the powers
___on the decision taker; and (2)
procedural ultra vires where the
prescribed ___have not been properly
___with.
amenable, courts, doctrine,
remedies, statutory
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The ___of ultra vires gives ____
considerable powers of oversight over
decision-making. The range and
variety of bodies ____to the doctrine
is large. Ministers, or any public body
with ___powers, may be included. The
doctrine also applies to companies and
corporations that are amenable to
the____ of declaration or injunction.
Key
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Ultra vires has two meanings: (1)
substantive ultra vires where a
decision has been reached outside the
powers conferred on the decision
taker; and (2) procedural ultra vires
where the prescribed procedures have
not been properly complied with.
Key
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The doctrine of ultra vires gives courts
considerable powers of oversight over
decision-making. The range and
variety of bodies amenable to the
doctrine is large. Ministers, or any
public body with statutory powers,
may be included. The doctrine also
applies to companies and corporations
that are amenable to the remedies of
declaration or injunction.
Put the verbs in brackets
into appropriate forms
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A local authority that ___(enter) an
agreement or contract that is outside its
statutory powers _____(say, passive) to be
acting ultra vires. In Hazel v. Hammersmith
[1991] 1 All ER 545, the House of Lords
____(hold) that various speculative
investments undertaken by local authorities
____(lack) express statutory authorization
and were void with severe consequences for
those who ____(invest) in local authority
activities declared illegal by the courts.
.
Key
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A local authority that enters an agreement
or contract that is outside its statutory
powers is said to be acting ultra vires. In
Hazel v. Hammersmith [1991] 1 All ER 545,
the House of Lords held that various
speculative investments undertaken by local
authorities lacked express statutory
authorization and were void with severe
consequences for those who had invested in
local authority activities declared illegal by
the courts.
Abuse, claiming, justice,
legality, unreasonably
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The grounds for ___ ultra vires range
from ___ of power, acting ___
(Padfield v. Minister of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food [1968] AC 997), or
acting not in accordance with the rules
of natural ____. Ultra vires is a
formidable doctrine for the courts to
intervene and challenge the ___of
decisions.
Cases, finding, legal,
parties
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Ultra vires may result in significant
consequences for the body exercising
___powers. In many___ the decision
that is ultra vires may be said, in law,
never to have taken place, with often
severe consequences from such a
___on the ___to any agreement.
key
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The grounds for claiming ultra vires
range from abuse of power, acting
unreasonably (Padfield v. Minister of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [1968]
AC 997), or acting not in accordance
with the rules of natural justice. Ultra
vires is a formidable doctrine for the
courts to intervene and challenge the
legality of decisions.
Key
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Ultra vires may result in significant
consequences for the body exercising
legal powers. In many cases the
decision that is ultra vires may be said,
in law, never to have taken place, with
often severe consequences from such
a finding on the parties to any
agreement.
Fill in the missing words: court,
deterrent, disciplinary,
evidence, legal
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The police who fail to act within the
scope of their ____ powers may be
the subject of internal ___
proceedings, or worse. Potentially the
most effective ___ against breaking
the rules arises from the fact that any
___ obtained improperly may not be
able to be given in ___.
Key
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The police who fail to act within the
scope of their legal powers may be the
subject of internal disciplinary
proceedings, or worse. Potentially the
most effective deterrent against
breaking the rules arises from the fact
that any evidence obtained improperly
may not be able to be given in court.
Put the verbs in brackets
into appropriate forms:
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As the police know that during the investigative
information-gathering stage these rules of evidence
will__ (apply, passive) should a case reach court
and ___(contest, passive), these rules should shape
the ways in which evidence___ (obtain, passive)
by the police. However, the law of evidence
___(give) judges considerable discretion whether or
not evidence should ___ (exclude, passive). The
practical consequences of bending or ___(ignore)
the questioning rules are not always predictable.
Key
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As the police know that during the
investigative information-gathering stage
these rules of evidence will be applied
should a case reach court and be contested,
these rules should shape the ways in which
evidence is obtained by the police. However,
the law of evidence gives judges
considerable discretion whether or not
evidence should be excluded. The practical
consequences of bending or ignoring the
questioning rules are not always predictable.
Put the verbs in brackets
into appropriate forms
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There are currently over 97,000
practising solicitors in Enland and
Wales, a number that ____(increase)
about 4% a year. In addition there are
another 11,500 or so barristers in
private practice. A further 2,800
___(practise) as employed lawyers
___(work) ‘in-house’ for a wide variety
of companies, government
departments and agencies.
Key
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There are currently over 97,000
practising solicitors in Enland and
Wales, a number that is increasing
about 4% a year. In addition there are
another 11,500 or so barristers in
private practice. A further 2,800
practise as employed lawyers working
‘in-house’ for a wide variety of
companies, government departments
and agencies.
commercial, globalization,
growth, legal, rights
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All these totals have increased vary
rapidly over the last quarter of a
century. They reflect increased
demands for ___services resulting
from economic___, structural changes
affecting the ___ world such as ____
and involvement in Europe, and
numerous other social changes with
greater emphasis on citizens’ ___.
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All these totals have increased vary
rapidly over the last quarter of a
century. They reflect increased
demands for legal services resulting
from economic growth, structural
changes affecting the commercial
world such as globalization and
involvement in Europe, and numerous
other social changes with greater
emphasis on citizens’ rights.
Legal terms
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The act of giving a judgement or of
deciding a legal problem:
Adjudication
The power of a court to hear and
decide a case or make a certain order
Jurisdiction
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Law of contract
Ugovorno pravo
Tort
Šteta, štetna radnja, građanski delikt
Law of Torts
Građansko deliktno pravo
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An act of not doing sth, such as
enforcing payment of a debt, which
could have been done
Forbearance
Paying by instalments
Hire purchase
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Somebody who has committed a tort
Tort-feasor
To start legal proceedings against
someone to get compensation for a
wrong
Sue
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Damages which are not for a fixed amount
of money but are awarded by a court as a
matter of discretion depending on the case
Unliquidated damages (Torts give rise to
claims for unliquidated damages)
Specific amount which has been calculated
as the loss suffered
Liquidated damages
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The management of money or
property for someone; the duty of
looking after goods, money or
property which someone (the
beneficiary) has passed to you
Trust
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Failure to give proper care to sth, esp. a
duty or responsability, with the result that a
person or property is harmed
Negligence
Something which causes harm or
inconvenience to someone or to property
Nuisance
The tort of interfering with land or goods of
another person
Tresspass
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Act of injuring someone’s reputation by
maliciously saying or writing things about
him or her
Defamation
A published or broadcast statement which
damages someone’s character
Libel
An untrue spoken statement which damages
someone’s character
Slander
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Unconditional acceptance of all the
terms of an offer
Acceptance
Refusal or failure by a party to a
contract to perform an obligation
imposed under the contract
Breach of contract
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Ability of a natural or legal person to
enter into a contract
Capacity
A fundamental term of the contract. If
it is breached, the innocent party may
not only claim damages, but may also
opt to treat the contract as ended
Condition
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A contract must be a bargain. Each
party gives value to the other by
exchanging promises (or by a promise
given in exchange for an act). This
exchange of value is
Consideration
Legally enforceable agreement
Contract
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If not all the terms of an offer have
been accepted, then there is no
acceptance of the offer, but a…This is
in effect a new offer, which now has to
be accepted by the other party
Counter offer
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In contract law, financial compensation that
shuld put the claimant in the position he
would have been if the contract had been
performed properly
Damages
Release from the obligations under a
contract. D…may be by performance,
agreement, breach or frustration
Discharge
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Both parties agree to end the contract
Discharge by agreement
A contract may be discharged by
___where the party in default has
refused to perform, or where the
performance is so defective that there
has been fundamental___
Discharge by breach
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Parties are excused from the contract
if, through no fault of either party,
after the formation of the contract it
becomes impossible to carry out the
contract or the contract has become
commercially pointless
Discharge by frustration
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The obligations under the contract
have been carried out fully and exactly
Discharge by performance
Violence or threats of violence in order
to make someone enter into a contract
duress
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Term in a contract to exclude the
liability of a party for contractual
failure. That failure could be in the
form of breach of contract,
misrepresentation or negligence
Exclusion clause
Terms explicitly stated by the parties,
either oral or written
Express terms
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Most contracts include a f__ m___clause.
This lists events considered to be outside
the control of the parties and for which the
parties cannot be held responsible.
Force majeure
A term is f:__ if it goes to the root of the
contract. If it is breached, the breach is
referred to as
Fundamental breach
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Terms that can be read into the contract,
whether by custom, statute or by the courts
Implied terms
A court order to stop a clause in the
contract from being broken. It is a
discretionary remedy and will not be
ordered if damages are a sufficient remedy
injunction
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Where the representation is a false
statement, it is called:____. M. can be
fraudulent, negligent or innocent.
Misrepresentation
A contract only confers rights and
obligations on the parties to the contract.
There are exceptions to this rule, both in
statute law and common law.
Privity of contract
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A statement that encourages a party
to enter into the contract, but does
not itself form a part of that contract
Representation
Improper pressure other than violence
to make someone enter into a contract
Undue influence
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A defect that was present in th
agreement at the time the contract
was made. The defect is sufficiently
serious to have the contract set aside.
V___ factors include
misrepresentation, mistake, duress
and undue influence
Vitiating factor
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The party owing a duty of care has
failed in the performance of that duty
Breach of a duty of care
There must be a link between the
damage suffered by the claimant and
the defendant’s act or omission.
Causation
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A defence to a negligence claim. The
defendant shows that the claimant
failed to take proper care and was
therefore partly to blame for the injury
he suffered. The damages the
claimant can recover will be less.
Contributory negligence
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Financial compensation for the
claimant for the harm suffered
Damages
A duty binding on one party to avoid
acts or omissions which could
reasonably be foreseen as likely to
injure the other party
Duty of care
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This is an artificial, legal construct. An
abstract entity, for example a
registered company, is a separate
person in law
Legal person
This is a human being rather than an
artificial legal construct
Natural person
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In legal terminology, this is more than
mere carelessness. It requires that the
defendant has breached a duty of care
owed to the claimant, and as a result
the claimant has suffered harm
Negligence
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The test in negligence for breach of a
duty of care is not whether this
particular defendant has acted
unreasonably but whether a
reasonable person would have acted in
this way
Objective test
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In a negligence claim, a major factor
that must be taken into account in
establishing a duty of care is whether
the defendant could reasonably
foresee that his behaviour would lead
to the claimant being injured.
Reasonable foreseeability
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The test for determining whether
there has been a breach of a duty of
care is objective. The standard is one
of reasonableness: whether the
defendant has acted as a reasonable
man would have acted in this situation
Reasonable man/person
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A private or civil wrong, resulting from
a breach of a legal duty. The law of
__is a collection of different sorts of
___, as there is no general principle of
liability for causing harm to another
person
Tort
The adjective referring to tort
Tortious
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To establish negligence
To suffer damage
To allege negligence
The cause of damage
A chain of causation
Reasonably foreseeable
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To act in a way
Your client acted in a particular way
that caused harm to my client
In order to do something
In order to establish negligence we
must show that the defendant
breached his duty of care to you.
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Foreseeable by someone
The damage was reasonably
foreseeable by our client
To be guilty of something
The defendant was guilty of
committing this tort
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Return of foreign investments, profits
etc. To the home country of their
owner
Repatriation
The action of state in taking private
property for public use
Expropriation
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Providing money to pay the cost of sth
Defrayment
Spending of money by the local or
central government
Public expenditure
Land or buildings considered from a
legal point of view
Real estate
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a business run without partners
Sole proprietorship
A business run with a partner or
partners
Partnership
Alegal body which has been
incorporated
Corporation
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The sale of small quantities of goods to individual
customers
Retail
The fact of being legally responsible for paying of
damage or loss incurred
Liability
Somebody who is owed money
Creditor
Somebody who owes money
Debtor
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Pravna osoba
Artificial person (Br. E.), legal person,
legal entity
Ograničena odgovornost
Limited liability
Prenosivost dionica
Transferability of shares
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A review by a higher court of the
actions of a lower court or of an
administrative body
Judicial review
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A way of removing harm or damage suffered
Remedy
A rule governing an aspect of the internal running
of a corporation, club or association such as
number of meetings or election of officers; a rule or
law made by a local authority or public body and
not by cental government
By-law
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Počiniti kazneno djelo
Commit an offence
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An act of taking and keeping someone in
custody legally, so that he or she can be
questioned and perhaps charged with a
crime
Arrest
An act of examining a place to try to find
sth
Search
The act of taking possession of sth
Seizure
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An intentional or reckless act that causes
someone to be put in fear of immediate
physical harm. Actual physical contact is not
necessary to constitute it
Assault
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Imprisonment or confinement
Custody
Unlawful restriction of a person’s
freedom of movement, not necessarily
in prison
False imprisonment
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An order issued by a court directing
some act or forebearance
Writ
A written document issued by a
magistrate for the arrest of a person
or search of his property
Warrant
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Trespass
Ometanje posjeda, neovlašteni pristup
Tresspasser
Osoba koja neovlašteno ulazi na tuđi
posjed, prijestupnik
Retaliate
uzvratiti
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Detain
Zadržati; privremeno zatvoriti
Detention
Pritvor
Detinue
Protupravno zadržavanje
Conversion
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