Law of Tort

Question 1

Donoghue v Stevenson

Answer 1

Donoghue drank a drink with a decomposing snail in it and became ill as a result. She sued the manufacturer claiming they owed her a duty of care

Question 2

Caparo Test

Answer 2

Reasonable
Proximity
Fair, Just and Reasonable

Question 3

Kent v Griffiths

Answer 3

a patient was having a severe asthma attack and the ambulance failed to arrive on time without a valid reason
Held it was reasonably foreseeable that the claimant would suffer harm from the failure of the ambulance to arrive.

Question 4

Topp v London Country Bus

Answer 4

bus driver left bus unattended and was stolen and driven dangerously leading to an accident.
Held the damage to the claimant was held not to be reasonably foreseeable

Question 5

Not Reasonably Foreseeable

Answer 5

Bourhill v Young woman who heard an accident and saw blood on the road after
Hill v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire unknown murder victim not sufficiently proximate
Osman v Ferguson where police knew of risk to specific victim there was proximity

Question 6

Capital & Countries plc v Hampshire County Council

Answer 6

Fair, Just and Reasonable where fire officer had ordered sprinkler system to be switched off