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Courts, Torts, Negligence, and Business structure Flashcards

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Statute law

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legislation, acts, cods, enactment of municipalities, bylaws

Passed in parliament, legislature, municipal levels of government

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Common law

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Judge made law, or precedent setting law. Basically previous rulings determine what should happen in new case

Centered around compensation or damages.

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Severance

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Ending a work relationship. Involves both statue (for each individual) and common (compensation and damges) law.

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Termination with or without cause

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An employer can fire an employee for just cause and not owe any termination pay at common law

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Criminal Law

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The relationship between the state and the individual.

Two types: summary convictions and indictable convictions

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Summary convictions

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  • Quick and simple
  • less serious
  • person usually not arrested but ordered to appear in court
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Indictable convictions

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Entitled to trial by jury (murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, break and entry)

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Civil Law

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Relationship between 2 individuals

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Court System

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  • Supreme Court
  • Court of Appeal
  • King’s Bench
  • Provincial Court
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Administrative Tribunals
  • Federal Court
  • Tax Court
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Supreme court

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will only be seen if of national importance, otherwise they will not make time for you

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King’s Bench

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Civil cases- wills, estates, family law

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Provincial Court

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Peoples Court
- all summary offences
- indictable offences except murder

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Justice of the Peace

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Release people on bail
and handle some summary offences

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Administrative Tribunals

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Take care of rules and guidelines… for example: Vet Act

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Federal Court

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deals with lawsuits relating to government of canada

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Tort

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A wrong doing. Either intentional or unintentional

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Intentional Tort

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Intentional personal or economic harm

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Strict Liability

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You are liable for harm if you did not do enough to prevent the harm from happening

Ex. Guy building dam next to coal mine

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Unintentional Tort

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Law of negligence- failure to take better care in something.

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Vicarious Liability

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When negligence extends beyond the person who was negligent.
Ex. Boss negligent for employee

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Love thy neighbour doctrine

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You have a duty of care for those around you.

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Love thy neighbour doctrine for trespassers

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Uninvited guest. Generally at own risk, except if there is an attractive nuisance

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Love thy neighbour licensee

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Comes as a social visitor. Occupier must warn of all risks.
Ex. friend slips on ice

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Love thy neighbour invitee

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People coming to a business (enticed to come). They require the highest level of care. They must be warned of all known dangers and anticipate other dangers within reason.

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Business types

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  • sole proprietorships
  • partnerships
  • corporations
  • agency
  • nonprofit
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Sole proprietorships

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Simplest form of business organization. One person owns the entire business but may have many employees.

Income tax is treated as an individual

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Partnerships

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Two or more people who jointly carry on a common business with the objective being to share profit and losses (sharing does not need to be equal).

Partners liable for wrongdoing of each other

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Corporations

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Separate legal entity but with no existence.
- separate legal identity
- limited liability (losses are limited to what the shareholders put into the business)
- easy to transfer ownership
- tax avoidance- corporations pay tax like a person
- better access to financing

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Agency

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Arrangement between principal and third party, but agent is the in between

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Non profits

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Membership or charitable (public benefit/tax deduction)

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3 Attributes of property ownership

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  1. Settlor- sets up trust and contributes property of funds to the trust for the beneficiaries
  2. Trustee- appointed by the settlor to manage and control the trusts assets
  3. Beneficiary- has right to benefit from property

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