Caparo Test - 2. Proximity

Question 1

assumed responsibility by moving drunk officer = sufficient proximity created

Answer 1

Barret v MOD

Question 2

decorator service contract to work in house = sufficient proximity (contractual)

Answer 2

Stansbie v Troman

Question 3

yacht company were ‘identifiable victims’ = sufficient proximity

Answer 3

Home Office v Dorset Yacht

Question 4

informant relationship = sufficient proximity (police assumed responsibility for informant’s welfare)

Answer 4

Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria

Question 5

Council did not assume responsibility when it knowingly housed the next door to problem family = insufficient proximity

Answer 5

CN & GN v Poole Borough Council

Question 6

No assumed responsibility = insufficient proximity

Answer 6

Mitchell v Glasgow City Council