Cases Flashcards
Caparo industries plc v Dickman
The 3 part incremental test in deciding a duty of care
Haley v LEB
‘foreseeable’ under duty of care
Bourhill v Young
‘Not foreseeable’ under duty of care
‘Not proximate’ under duty of care’
Osman v Ferguson
‘Proximate’ under duty of care
Bolton v Stone
small risk of harm - no breach under breach of duty
Walker v Northumberland
Increased risk to (C) under breach of duty
Latimer v AEC ltd
resonable, practical precautions taken under breach of duty
Watt v HCC
serving a socially useful purpose under breach of duty
Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington HMC
factual causation under damage
McKew v Holland
Victims own actions under damage
Knightley v Johns
‘natural and probable result’, act of a third party under damage
Clerk and Lindsell on torts
treatment so grossly negligent, medical intervention, under damage
Smith v Leech brain
thin skull rule, remoteness under damage
Frost v CCOSYP
‘matter for expert psychiatric evidence’, recognised psychiatric condition under psychiatric harm
Vernon v Bosley
‘pathological grief disorder’, recognised psychiatric condition under psychiatric harm
Page v Smith
‘Chronic fatigue syndrome’, recognised psychiatric condition under psychiatric harm
- a person of normal fortitude, primary victims under psychiatric harm
Alcock v CCOSY
‘PTSD’, recognised psychiatric condition under psychiatric harm
Hinz v Berry
‘Morbid depression’, recognised psychiatric condition under psychiatric harm
Delieu v White
Primary victims
Benson v Lee
Secondary victims
Boylan v Keegan
Perceive events through own unaided senses, control criteria, under psychiatric harm
Esso petroleum v Mardon
Special skill under negligent misstatements
Hedley Byrne
Voluntary assumes responsibility under negligent misstatements
Caparo v Dickman
Known user under negligent misstatements
Law society v Peat Marwick
Known purpose under negligent misstatements
Winfield and Jalowicz
definition of private nuisance
Dennis v MOD
loss of amenity and value to land under private nuisance
St Helens smelting company v Tipping
physical damage under private nuisance
Adams v Ursell
Locality under private nuisance
Christie v Davey
Malice under private nuisance
Robinson v Kilvert
Sensitivity of (C) under private nuisance
Ellison v MOD
natural accumulation under Ryland’s v fletcher
Leakey v the national trust
(D) fails to deal with natural accumulation under Ryland’s v fletcher
Shiffman v OOTHOSJOJ
Likely to cause mischief under Ryland’s v fletcher
Viscount Simon
An escape under Ryland’s v fletcher
Hale v Jenning brothers
Foreseeable damage under Ryland’s v fletcher
Wheat v Lacon
Person with control over premises under occupiers liability
Laverton v Kiapasha Takeaway Supreme
common duty of care under occupiers liability
Glasgow corporation v Taylor
‘allurement’ under children under occupiers liability
Phipps v Rochester corporation
supervision of an adult under children under occupiers liability
Roles v Nathan
Tradesmen under independent contractor under occupiers liability
Bird v King line ltd
risk must be incidental to trade under independent contractor under occupiers liability
Bottomley v Todmomorden cc
reasonable steps to ensure contractor was competent under s.2(4)(b) under occupiers liability
Haseldine v Daw
more reasonable to delegate the work under s.2(4)(b) under occupiers liability
Brannon v airtours
blame for incident occurring in first place under contributory negligence under under occupiers liability
Froom v Butcher
behavior made injuries worse under contributory negligence under occupiers liability
Rae v Mars
warning may not be sufficient under contributory negligence under occupiers liability
Staples v WDDC
no additional warning signs required under warning signs under occupiers liability
