Negligence Flashcards
Robins
Where a duty has been owed in a similar case before, a duty should be applied here
Caparo v Dickman
I’m novel cases
- was damage foreseeable
- was there proximity
- is it FJR to impose a duty
Jolley v Sutton
Passed the caparo test
Blyth v BW
Defines a breach as falling below the standard of care expected by a reasonable person
Bolam
Profession/ job can raise standard of care
Nettleship v Weston
Inexperience doesn’t change the standard of cafe
Mullin v Richards
Age can lower the standard of care
Miller v Jackson
Size of risk
Paris v SBC
seriousness of potential harm
Latimer v AEC/ Haley v LEB
Precautions
Watt v HCC
Benefit of risk
Barnett
But for test
Reeves v MPC
intervening acts (act of victim
Wilkin-shaw v Fuller
Intervening acts (3rd party)
Wagon mound
Type of damage must be reasonably foreseeable