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Comprehensively structured PVL3703 Assignment 1 (ANSWERS) Semester 1 2026 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED. Prepared to a distinction standard with detailed and well-developed responses... Lalita lives in a student residence. One night, she boils water in a kettle in the communal kitchen. While the kettle is heating, she notices that the plug is loose and sparking slightly. However, she brushes it off and leaves the kitchen to quickly grab her laptop from her room. As Lalita exits, she sees Amir, another resident, walking into the kitchen carrying a bag. Lalita does not mention the sparking plug to him. A few minutes later, the plug overheats and starts a small electrical fire. In an attempt to move the kettle, Amir burns his hand, and both his bag and the kitchen counter are damaged. Subsequently, Amir decides to sue Lalita for his injury and the damage to his bag. Discuss whether the element of conduct is satisfied in Amir’s delictual claim against Lalita.

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PVL3703
Assignment 1 Semester 1 2026
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Due Date: March 2026
QUESTION 1 (3 DIFFERENT ANSWERS PROVIDED)

Whether conduct is satisfied in Amir’s delictual claim against Lalita

In a delictual claim the element of conduct is satisfied if there is a voluntary human act or
omission that can be attributed to the defendant.1 Conduct is a factual enquiry: you ask only
whether the defendant did something (commissio) or failed to do something (omissio) in a
way that was under the control of her will.1 The more normative questions about
wrongfulness (legal duty) and fault come later and are separate elements.1




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J. Neethling, J. M. Potgieter, P. J. Visser Law of Delict
Publisher: 2014 ISBN: 9780409118391 Edition: Unknown

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