Duty Flashcards
Modern approach
Caparo v Dickman
Reasonably foreseeable
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Kent v griffiths- ambulance failed to turn up
Bourhill v young- voluntarily went to see accident
Proximity means
Closeness between c and d
Relationship , time , space
Proximity cases
Donoghue v Stevenson - drink suitable for consumption
Manufacturer and customer
McLoughlin v O’Brien - car crash family
Capital counties PLC V Hampshire CC
Fire brigade sprinklers, was fair just and reasonable
Barret v MoD
Navy officer alcohol poisoning
Off duty
Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
Yorkshire ripper
No duty
Couldn’t protect all potential victims
Reasonable competent man
Blyth
Professional
Doctor
Bolam v Friern Hospital
Nettleship v Weston
Learner driver status irrelevant
Paris
C blind in one eye
D owed c higher standard of care
Large risk
C fell in hole
Haley v LEB
Small risk
Cricket ball
Bolton v stone
Precautions
Factory flood
Latimer v AEC
Social utility
Prevent greater harm
Watts v Herts CC
Emergency crash
