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Civil and Criminal Law

Indicate whether you think the following are breaking Civil or Criminal Law

 

1. Writing an article in a newspaper which contains lies about someone who is famous  
2. Stealing a CD from a shop  
3. A shop selling a stereo that is broken  
4. Walking across someone else garden  
5. Parking on a double yellow line  
6. A shop selling food that is past it's use-by date  
7. Killing another human being  
8. Copying a song that someone else has written and pretending that it is yours)  

 

 

 

 

Civil and Criminal Law

Answers

 

1. Writing an article in a newspaper which contains lies about someone who is famous Civil
(Libel)
2. Stealing a CD from a shop Criminal
(Theft)
3. A shop selling a stereo that is broken Civil
(Consumer Rights)
4. Walking across someone else garden Civil
(Trespass)
5. Parking on a double yellow line Criminal
(Road Traffic Offence)
6. A shop selling food that is past it's use-by date Criminal
(Food Safety Legislation)
7. Killing another human being Criminal
(Murder/Manslaughter)
8. Copying a song that someone else has written and pretending that it is yours) Civil
(Copyright Law)

 
 
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