Dana is a lawyer in Melbourne and interviews a client who tells her that the next-door neighbour mistakenly drove his car into her front bedroom because he accelerated by mistake. The client wants compensation for her damage. Dana can’t find a statute that provides a remedy for her client. What is the possible reason for this?

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Because this is a criminal matter and there is no remedy available

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Because she hasn’t looked up the appropriate Civil Code that deals with car crashes

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Because the remedy is found in the common law, through the rationes of judges’ decisions

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Because the statute has been repealed by a recent court decision

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