Is It Fair, Just & Reasonable To Impose A Duty Or Care?

Question 0

The court will consider excluding _____, if there is a public policy for doing so on the grounds of extending categories of liability or protecting ______ _____.

Answer 0

Liability

Public Policy

Question 1

Even if harm is _______ and the parties are _______ ______, there still may not be a duty of care if the court does not think it would be ______to impose one.

Answer 1

Foreseeable
Sufficiently close
Reasonable

Question 2

E.G ____ don’t want to create a solution where the police, ambulance or fire brigade are constantly being ___.

Answer 2

Courts

Sued

Question 3

D the police failed to catch the “Yorkshire Ripper” C the mother of the last (13th) victim sued the police for negligence, alleging inefficiency & errors in their handling of the investigation. What case was this?

Answer 3

Hill v CC of West Yorkshire

Question 4

What was held in Hill v CC of West Yorkshire?

Answer 4

Police owed no duty of care towards that daughter to protect her from the Ripper. Some further ingredient is invariably needed to establish the requisite proximity of relationship between the complainant and the defendant.