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…The obligations or duties arise from the common law, they said, and the workman may elect to sue his employer on contract or in tort.…

…The common law liability for trespass was strict: “No man shall be excused for a trespass Except it may be judged utterly without his Fault” (WEAVER V.…

…stereotyped allegations of negligence which can be found in any standard text book on pleadings and in the pleadings in m9ost of the accident actions brought in any of the countries of which Kenya is one, which apply the common…

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…Now fraud at common law has always had a special connotation. The allegation being a serious one, it has been rightly held that such an allegation must be strictly pleaded and proved.…

…The purpose of a trial within a trial has been stated again and again in England and in the various countries which apply the common law.…

…The alternative remedies available to the petitioner which Sachdeva J canvassed, were a common law action for damages, rectification of the register, an action for appropriate declarations, and finally, a petition under section…

…The categorical conclusion is that the wife never had any duty at common law to bury her husband. That was always the duty of his personal representatives.…