Types of civil actions
This literally means crooked or wrong.
What is a tort?
Person who brings a legal action in civil matter.
Who is the plaintiff?
This is the main remedy for people undertaking a civil suit.
What is compensation (damages)?
What is alternate dispute resolution?
A remedy requiring one party to stop doing something.
What is an injunction?
If someone is on your land and they shouldn't be you could sue them for this.
What is trespass?
Party with the onus of proof in a criminal matter.
When someone has been wronged and there is communication of the perceived wrong to the other party and disagreement or conflict results then it officially becomes known as this.
What is a dispute?
This is when a neutral third party helps two parties to come to an agreement about their dispute.
What is mediation?
When you say something about someone which is untrue and it damages their reputation.
Standard of proof in a civil matter.
What is the balance of probabilities.
This is what an Ombudsman does.
What do you call a person who investigates and reports on any complaints by members of the public about government administration?
When you play loud music constantly your neighbours may considering this action against you.
This term means the party with the responsibility to prove the facts of the case.
What is the onus of proof?
In this type of ADR - the third party has the consent of the parties to impose a decision which will be binding upon them. It is a more formal process than mediation or conciliation a
What is arbitration?
Courts are usually conducted by lawyers, courts encourage legal representatives, courts are more formal, courts follow strict rules of evidence, courts must follow a doctrine of precedent.
What is negligence?
This term means the degree to which the facts of a case must be proven in court.
What is the standard of proof?
This means Swedish for 'agent or representative of the people'.
What is an Ombudsman?