negligence

Question 1

neighbourhood test

Answer 1

Donoghue vs Stevenson

Question 2

3reasonably foreseeable

Answer 2

Kent vs Griffiths

Question 3

3proximity

Answer 3

Hill vs Chief Constable of South Yorkshire

Question 4

3fair,just and reasonable

Answer 4

capital and Counties PLC vs Hampshire CC

Question 5

reasonable man test

Answer 5

blyth vs birmingham waterworks

Question 6

higher standard of care-professionals

Answer 6

bolam vs friern

Question 7

lower standard of care-children

Answer 7

mullins vs richard

Question 8

inexperience doesn’t affect standard of care

Answer 8

nettleship vs weston

Question 9

characteristics not taken into account

Answer 9

nettleship vs weston

Question 10

size of risk

if there is no risk there is no breach

Answer 10

roe vs minster of health

Question 11

reasonable person not expect to go large length to prevent small risk

Answer 11

miller vs jackson

Question 12

risk may be small, potential harm may be great, reasonable person expected to take precaution

Answer 12

paris vs stepney BC

Question 13

the benefit of taking risk

balance usefulnessness to society with level of risk

Answer 13

watt vs hertfordshire CC

Question 14

practical precautions

d expected to prevent harm

Answer 14

Latimer vs AEC

Question 15

special characteristics of claimant

drunkenness taken into account

Answer 15

Griffiths vs Brown

Question 16

special characteristics of claimant

disability also taken into account

Answer 16

Paris vs Stepney BC

Question 17

res ipsa loquitur

the thing that speaks for itself

Answer 17

Scott vs London and st. Katharine docks

Question 18

damage

but for test

Answer 18

Barnett vs Chelsea

Question 19

novus actus interveniens

Answer 19

Thompson vs Blake James

Question 20

multiple causes

many possible causes of damage

Answer 20

Wilsher vs Essex AHA

Question 21

remoteness of damage

when negligence is unexpected not fair to hold d liable

Answer 21

re Polemis

Question 22

reasonable foreseeability test

Answer 22

wagon mound 1 and wagon mound number 2

Question 23

doesn’t matter if matter in which damage occurs is not foreseeable

Answer 23

Hughes vs Lord Advocate

Question 24

thin skull rule

Answer 24

Smith vs Leech