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ARTICLE · 21 SEPTEMBER 2020

The Rule Of No-Fault Liability

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In general, each person has a liability for his own acts. If any individual commits a fault, he is liable for it as a consequence of this harmful act or fault and this is called the Rule of Strict Liability.

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The Rule of Strict Liability means having lack of care or negligence for any act committed or having a duty of care to the others. The negligent part or the doer has to pay damages and compensate the harmed part.

The Rule of Strict Liability also known as The Rule of No-Fault Liability which means the individual might have the liability without being at fault. The person in this case may not have done any harmful or negligent act or may have put in some positive efforts, however, the rule claims him for compensation. That means the defendant or the doer will be held liable irrespective of presence of any negligence from his part.

There are several articles in The Egyptian Civil Code No.131 of 1948 that stated The Principle of Strict Liability and The Principal of No-Fault Liability. As an example, Article No.177 states: "A person in charge of a building, even if he is not its owner, is liable for damage caused by the collapse of the building, even if such collapse

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