Principle: Even if a person suffers a loss, he will be entitled to receive compensation only if a legal right is violated.
Factual Situation: An English teacher in a famous 'English School' after having some rift with the management left the school and started a new 'Language School' very close to the English School. Many students of the English School left it and joined the new Language School. As a result, the English School suffered huge financial loss and hence filed a suit for compensation against the new school.
A. The English School management will succeed as there is a substantial loss of their profit which is their legal right
B. The English School management will not succeed as anybody can start a new school which is their legal right
C. The English School will succeed as nobody can start a rival school in the close vicinity of an existing school
D. The English School management will not succeed as there is no violation of any legal right
Answer: Option D
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The 'tort of intimidation' was propounded in
A. Winterbottom v. Wright
B. Pasley v. Freeman
C. Winsmore v. Greenbank
D. Rookes v. Barnard
The maxim 'scienti non fit injuria' means
A. Where there is no fault, there is no remedy
B. Mere knowledge does not imply consent to take risk
C. Mere giving consent does not imply to take risk
D. Scientific knowledge is not enough to cause injury
A. Scott v. London & St. Katharine Docks Co.
B. Hedley Byrne Co. Ltd. v. Heller & Partners
C. Derry v. Peek
D. Cann v. Willson
A. Section 82 of the Evidence Act
B. Section 102 of the Evidence Act
C. Section 122 of the Evidence Act
D. Section 124 of the Evidence Act
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