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Whiteley v Chappell
The defendant was charged under impersonating a person entitled to vote. However he impersonated someone who was dead. Using the LITERAL RULE the court held that the defendant was not guilty since a dead person was not entitled to vote.
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London & North Eastern Railway Co. v Berriman (1946)
A railway worker was killed whilst doing maintenance work, The wife tried to claim compensation as there had been no lookout provided in accordance with the Fatal Accidents Act which stated one must be provided for 're[airing or repurposing'. The court to
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Blythe v Birmingham Waterworks Company (1856)
In this Case, Baron Alderson described negligence as: 'failing to do something which the reasonable person would do or doing something which the reasonable person would not do.'
From this negligence can be either an act or an omission.
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A railway worker was killed whilst doing maintenance work, The wife tried to claim compensation as there had been no lookout provided in accordance with the Fatal Accidents Act which stated one must be provided for 're[airing or repurposing'. The court to

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London & North Eastern Railway Co. v Berriman (1946)

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In this Case, Baron Alderson described negligence as: 'failing to do something which the reasonable person would do or doing something which the reasonable person would not do.'
From this negligence can be either an act or an omission.

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