"I am a lawyer who specializes in the tort of ________. People need to be more careful! I'm currently working for the injured person in more than 20 different cases."
negligence
In England and the US, is the law of tort an area of criminal or civil law?
Criminal
"Do you have a good reason for suing the owner of the hotel? What exactly are your ________ for starting legal actions?"
grounds
"The machines in the clothing factory were old and dangerous and one of the employees injured his hand. The employee sued the factory owners and got $5,000 in ________."
damages
"In your claim form you accuse use of breaching our duty of care. We do not accept that your _________ are true and we will defend your claim in court."
Allegations.
An arrangement where a client does not have to pay their lawyer if the client loses their action in tort.
No win No fee.
The name of the money an injured person gets from the defendant in a successful action in tort?
Damages.
How do lawyers say "to break" a duty of care?
breach
What is the duty of care?
The obligation to be careful and not hurt others.
"I am ________ the owner of the shop because there was water on the floor and I fell and hurt my back."
suing
There are different types of tort. In general, what is a tort?
A civil wrong; a harmful action towards others.
A tort commited due to carelessness. Hurting another person as a result of their carelessness.
Negligence.
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