False imprisonment occurs when someone restricts someone’s free mobility, which is movement of one’s own free choice. It might be in a field, a house, or a roadway. False imprisonment is entire constraint or confinement of a man’s liberty.To hold a False imprisonment, there must be two basic elements: first, there must be a total…
Everyone has a ‘Right to Reputation’. Defamation is the unlawful and therefore punishable offense of damaging a person’s reputation (without just cause or legitimate excuse) by inflicting hatred, contempt, or ridicule. If you damage the reputation of others, do so at your own risk, just like infringing on proprietary rights. Winfield defines defamation as “publication…
Remoteness of Damages, In law, the injury must be direct and natural as a result of the defendant’s action. Otherwise, the plaintiff will fail. This is referred to as “In jure non remota causased proxima spectatur” (In law the immediate, not the remote cause of any event that is to be considered). This is because…
When the negligence is committed by two or more persons, then such negligence is called as composite negligence. Introduction about Composite Negligence In our nation, the term “composite negligence” refers to both types of cases: independent tort feasors and joint-tort feasors. The tortfeasors’ responsibility under composite negligence is joint and many. In such a case,…
Contributory Negligence, In some cases, a person who has been injured would be unable to seek compensation from another since his own carelessness led to his harm; everyone is obliged to take appropriate care of himself. “Negligence is conduct that fails to correspond to the standards necessary by law for safeguarding others (actionable negligence) or…
Origin of word negligence – The word negligence derived from latin term ‘negligentia’ that means ‘disregard’. Meaning & definitions of Negligence When there is no intention of causing harm to the person complained of – it is called as negligence. Carelessness on the part of defendant constitutes negligence. If, there is an unreasonable conduct followed…
