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Examples Of Statutory Law

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Statutory law
Statutory laws is laws in which the government enforce. All the laws were written and set by the Government. If anyone is caught breaking any of these laws, then the police are obligated to arrest you and to be prosecuted in the correct way. An example of this is the new smoking ban in cars, the Government set out a new law starting from the 1st of October 2015 which states that anyone caught smoking in a car with someone else in the car who is under the age of 18 will be breaking the law, and you can get arrested for it. Another example of statutory law is speed limits, The government set outs all the speed limits to protect drivers and pedestrians. Most recently the Government have been placing more 20mph limits to slow drivers …show more content…

When you leave either your child or adult in the care of someone else you expect them to make sure they are being looked after with the correct care and not in any danger. Negligence is when someone failed to meet the standard of care. When someone has the job of being a carer or a babysitter for example they have the responsibility to make sure the person they are looking after is safe at all times and they being treated well. However if this doesn’t happen then the person is charge can be blamed for the bad treatment of the person they are looking after. An example of this is in schools, Every time a new teacher is employed they will have to be CRB checked to make sure they are safe enough to work with children and that they are not going to cause harm or danger to the children within the school. An example of this is the Ian Huntley case. The school failed to provide a CRB check on the caretaker which resulted in him murdering two girls. If people who are looking after other people don’t take the correct procedure then bad things can happen. Another example of this is in school again if a pe teacher doesn’t do a full risk assessment then things can happen for example when children are on a trampoline the teacher must have funn attention on the children and trampoline and must not leave them unaccompanied because if the children was to hurt them self due to the qualified teacher not being there then that is classed as negligence. Overall if people do get hurt within the care of some else then they were not being looked after properly and it will be the person who was in charge to get the blame and maybe actions could be bad for them in a legal

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