Volenti non-fit Injuria, Ubi jus ibi remedium

At a Mumbai Indians match at the Wankhede, a six lands in the stands and hits a spectator on the head. Can he sue the club? Now take a different scene: your landlord locks you out without notice and your lawyer says, there is a remedy for every legal wrong. Two Latin maxims, pulling in opposite directions. One tells you when a claimant has no case because he accepted the risk. The other tells you that when a right is violated, the law must find a way to help. This topic teaches you to use both.

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Volenti non fit injuria says that a person who knowingly and freely consents to run a risk of harm cannot afterwards complain of it as a wrong; ubi jus ibi remedium says that wherever a legal right exists, there is a legal remedy for its violation.

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