To Settle Q8 Once And For All!! (1 Viewer)

El_chupah_nebre

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The people that maintain the answer is Tort Law please understand the following.
- Do not compare the case to the Donoghue V stevenson Case with this scenario because it provides no relevance whatsoever! Chris cannot claim negligence under tort law for the following reason:-
1. There was no harm caused thus negligance is irrelevant.
What is more specific to the question is Contract law as the TPA states a consumer can claim redress under the fact that "goods must be of merchanable quality" in which box of cereal wasn't.

I can really see both arguments but the Contract law is more specific to the question....

I swear to god the person who wrote this multiple choice question was inspired by the simpsons episode in which Bart Simpson opens a packet of "CrustyO's" to the horror of swallowing a razor that was in the cereal. hmmm... interesting!!
 

adamj

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El, how does a person who hasn't studied Consumers meant to know that?
 

J-J

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Yeah, I don't know about what the answer is for sure and reading all this is just making me get more nervous about something that I don't have to anymore. Can somebody guarentee a correct answer? No. So when does the BOS release their results.. cause now I'm stinging for the solutions haha ... For the record I chose torts; and I didn't do consumers.
 

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i agree with adam j....

i have not studied consumer law as an elective and thus would not have been able to dicriminate between cases to come to such a conclusion on contract law....

the multiple choice is done by all students and is based on law and society...
therefore to propose a question which requires knowledge of consumer law (an elective) to come to an appropriate and correct solution would be injust.

in eXel law and society it states:

"Torts: A tort is a wrongful act committed by somebody against someone else. Such acts include ... NEGLIGENCE ...eg. case of D v S"

and,

" Contract law: ...deals with agreements between people...buying and selling a house...doing something for someone for a sum of money"

- which seems to hint a formal agreement such as buying house or performing...

also:

under consumer law:
the buyer of the cereal (assumed) would have bought the cereal from the retailer, not the manufacturer, thus no legal contract existed, similarly to D v S...

any points missed and what do you think??
 

pinksugar

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haha thats so funny! your whole year was based around your area's crime? must have really made it easier to understand the topics! :D
 

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