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Law in 101 words

01 February 2013 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7546 / Categories: Blogs
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Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

De minimis non curat lex

This principle does not prevent Lex Autocentres from repairing your Mini, but expresses the legal principle that the law does not concern itself with trifling matters. Example 1. In Luttenberger v North Thoresby Farms (1992) the omission of £8.40 from the payment of rent of £15,264, would have been ignored, had the payment been on time.  Example 2. By the EC regulation of 15 December 2006 (de minimis aid), Art 2, aid to any one undertaking not exceeding €200,000 over three years, or €100,000 for a road transport undertaking, is exempt from the notification requirement of article 88(3) of the Treaty.

Exploding boat

Mr Ward bought a motor yacht for £269,000, which exploded 15 minutes after he had taken possession. He sued, submitting that the boat was not fit to go to sea and that the sale was in breach of SOGA 1979, s14(2). The defendant replied that the burden of proof had not been satisfied and contested

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