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British Law in Health and Social Care
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British Law in Health and Social Care
Victoria Smith
01/11/2010
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
British Legal System 3
Statute Law 3
European Law 3
Common Law 3
Duty of Care 4
Negligence 5
Tort Law 5
Trespass 5
Trespass to the person 6
Consent 6
Legislation 6
Word Count 8
Bibliography 8
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to explain the basis of Common or Judge-made Law. To explain duty of care, negligence, trespass, and consent and the last three as legal responsibilities. And to explain how specific legislation such as The Children Act and Mental Health Acts instruct health care practitioners as to their legal responsibilities.
British Legal System
There are three parts of the British legal system these are; Statute Law, European Law, and Common Law. Legislation includes statutes and Acts of Parliament. British Law falls into two categories: criminal law, and civil law. Criminal laws are offences relating to persons or property that affects the whole community. Civil law is wrong relating to conflicts between individuals within the community. I will write a little about
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