Duty Of Care Flashcards
1
Q
Donoghue V Stevenson
Neighbour Principle
A
Individual have duty of care to anyone who ought to have thought could potentially be affected by the act or omission.
2
Q
Robinson V CCWY 2018
A
Supreme court stated Police owe a duty of care to the general public.
3
Q
Established duties
A
Relationship
Statutory Duty (Road Traffic Act 1988)
Contractual Duty
Volunitary accepted care
Dangerous situation
Public office
Limit harm caused
Duty through precedent
4
Q
Caparo V Dickman
A
- Is damage or harm reasonably foreseeable? Kent V Griffith - Ambulance breach duty by not arriving without good reason.
- Is close and proximate?
Bourhill V Young - D not liable for any psychiratic harm that c might have suffered as result of accident. - Is it fair , just and reasonable?
Hill V CCWY - Hill didn’t confer general immunity upon the police