help please (criminal or civil)

[was786]

Explain why the following situations involve civil or criminal offences and state the court of law in which each would be heard, and why:

i. Terry sues Daley Motors claiming �3,000 damages for the sale to him of a defective motor car;

ii. Alf sues his employer Skimpy Ltd. For �50,000 damages following an accident at work caused by unguarded machinery;

iii. Joe is charged with the theft of �50 from the bank for which he works;

iv. Hamilton Plc is charged with offences relating to the non-payment of large sums of tax to the Government;

v. Fiona is accusing her employer of sex discrimination and of paying her less wages per hour than her male colleagues.

[Ethel]

This is your coursework - refer to the set texts, past papers and do your research.

[buildersmate]

It really intringues me that folks wanting their homework done don't 'hide' the fact in the way they ask their question. This question and the other two are so blindingly obviously copied straight from a text.
For example, part 1 could read:
'My mate Terry bought a car last week and he's got trouble already. It broke down on him five times since then. He wants his money back but the dealer says no. Its worth �3000. What are his legal options, please?'

[New Judge]

Quite true mate.

I think the most worrying aspect is that those involved do not seem to have the intelligence to disguise their homework questions in the way you describe.

So lacking is their education that they are not even taught how to cheat properly! (They themselves of course will see dealing with their homework in this way as perfectly legitimate).

(Not your fault, was786. The education system has let you and your contempories down badly).

[Ethel]

*contemporaries*

:)

[New Judge]

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[Ethel]

You just made me smile, New Judge.

[Eve]

From the look of the question I'm guessing you're quite early on in your studies.

If you are thinking about a career in law then the best favour you can do yourself is to actually do the work yourself and learn something to give yourself a chance at being any good at the potential career choices at the end of your studies.

Believe me, the basics like contract and general legal principles really do count, both in later studies - if you don't even know the basics, how are you ever going to understand enough to expland on the and use them in a practical sense.

Regardless, your answers need to be targetted to the course you are doing eg law degree is very very different to law school and you approach things in a very different way, same as in practice.

If you're struggling with a particular concept then people may be more willing to help out that just posting an entire question and hoping someone will do your work for you.

What if people on here are wrong? I see wrong answers often. Are you going to use it as an excuse that you failed that someone gave you the wrong answer on a public website?

It's also possible that people will give you practical advice when what your studies require is an academic perspective.

Accountability is one big thing in practice.

If you were advising a client, would you google the answer to a serious issue?

Lecture over :)

[Oneeyedvic]

1) Criminal - They should expect a call from Rogue Traders with that Matt bloke

2) No case to answer - If a company is called Skimpy Ltd, it must sell neglig�e and bikinis. An accident at work therefore is a good thing.

3) Criminal - Joe should be criminalised for taking only �50 when he could have got away with thousands (oh no - that's the banks taking off the public)

4) Civil - this is obviously to do with Neil & Christine Hamilton and there must be brown paper bags involved.

5) Civil - Fiona should get her breasts out for the lads and then they can put �5 note in her stockings - thus alleviating the wage difference.

[Hymie]

Don�t decry the state of the British educational system � look on the bright side, local councils will have a large pool of people qualified to work for them (and them alone).