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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Defence to an action for negligence. The theory of the defence is that the defendant can escape liability if he shows one of two things: (1) "the cause of the accident, and ... the result of that cause was inevitable", or (2) "all the possible causes, one or other of which produced the effect, and ... with regard to every one of these possible causes that the result could not have been avoided".  4, record 1, English, - defence%20of%20unavoitable%20accident

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

défense de l'accident inévitable : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 1, French, - d%C3%A9fense%20de%20l%27accident%20in%C3%A9vitable

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

One (accident) which is not occasioned in any degree, either directly or remotely, by the want of such care and prudence as the law holds every man bound to exercise.  3, record 2, English, - unavoidable%20accident

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

It is not easy to escape liability by relying on inevitable accident. In Telfer v. Wright, the defendant blacked out while driving a car, crossed over the centre line and collided with the plaintiff. The court of Appeal, reversing the trial judge, rejected the defence of unavoidable accident since the defendant had suffered a dizzy spell several minutes before the accident, had stopped the car, but then started it up again. Six months earlier he had suffered similar symptoms.  4, record 2, English, - unavoidable%20accident

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il n'est pas facile d'échapper à la responsabilité en se fondant sur l'accident inévitable. Dans l'affaire Telfer v. Wright, le défendeur a perdu connaissance au volant d'une automobile. Celle-ci a franchi la ligne médiane et est entrée en collision avec l'automobile du demandeur. La cour d'appel, infirmant la décision du juge de première instance, a rejeté le moyen d'accident inévitable puisque le défendeur avait senti un étourdissement quelques minutes avant l'accident, avait arrêté sa voiture, mais avait ensuite redémarré. Six mois plus tôt il avait éprouvé des symptômes semblables.  2, record 2, French, - accident%20in%C3%A9vitable

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

accident inévitable : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, record 2, French, - accident%20in%C3%A9vitable

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... absences, such as those caused by illness and family-related demands, are generally unavoidable, as are those due to inclement weather.  1, record 3, English, - unavoidable

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[Les] absences [...] attribuables à la maladie et aux obligations familiales sont généralement inévitables, tout comme celles causées par le mauvais temps.  1, record 3, French, - in%C3%A9vitable

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A cause with reasonable prudence and care could not have prevented, such as death, illness, papers lost in the mail, etc.  2, record 4, English, - unavoidable%20cause

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

défense de l'erreur inévitable : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 5, French, - d%C3%A9fense%20de%20l%27erreur%20in%C3%A9vitable

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

(The axiom "no liability without fault") postulated that the risk of unavoidable harm should be borne by the accident victim himself ...  2, record 6, English, - unavoidable%20harm

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

dommage inévitable; préjudice inévitable : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 6, French, - dommage%20in%C3%A9vitable

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In some circumstances, a person is privileged to invade the interests of another for the purpose of preventing harm either to his own interests or those of a larger section of the community, if the threatened harm is substantially equal to or greater than that which he intends to inflict. This defence (is) known as "necessity" ....  1, record 7, English, - necessity

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... trespassory harm was prima facie wrongful and it was for the defendant to raise any issue of justification or excuse, such as self-defence or unavoidable necessity.  1, record 7, English, - necessity

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cost that must be continued under a program of business retraction.  3, record 8, English, - unavoidable%20cost

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Compare with "avoidable cost".  4, record 8, English, - unavoidable%20cost

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Coût que l'entité ne peut éviter d'engager pour réaliser certaines activités.  2, record 8, French, - co%C3%BBt%20in%C3%A9vitable

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Those unexpected occurrences which are not part of the operator's job but which prevent the operator from producing his part or performing his function.  1, record 9, English, - unavoidable%20delay

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Of the employee.  1, record 10, English, - unavoidable%20absence

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

De l'employé.  1, record 10, French, - absence%20forc%C3%A9e

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish