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Negligence Flashcards

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How we establish a duty of care in law?

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Pre- existing duty or for novel situations - Caparo test (Caparo v Dickman)

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Authority for pre existing duties

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Robinson

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Pre existing duties

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Drivers/ other road users (Nettleship v Weston)
Police/ public (Robinson)
Doctor/ patient (Whitehouse v Jordan)
Sportsman/ sportsman (Condon v Basi)
Employer/ employee (Walker v Northumberland CC)
Lawyer/ client (Hall v Simons)
Public body/ public (Clunis v Camden & Islington)
Judiciary/ public (Sirros v Moore)
Fire brigade/ public (Capital Counties v Hampshire CC)

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Caparo test

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Harm/ injury was reasonably forseeable (Kent v Griffiths)

Proximity between C and D - time, space/ relationship (Bourhill v Young)

Fair, just and reasonable and no public policy reasons not to hold D liable (Mulcahy v MOD)

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Test for negligence

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Duty, breach and damage

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Test for breach of duty

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The reasonable man test - ordinary and competent person acted the same as the D did/ did not act (Blythe v Birmingham Waterworks).

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Types of ordinary person

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Ordinary person (Wells v Cooper)

Reasonable child (Mullins v Richards)

Reasonable professional (Bolam v Frien Hospital)

No allowances made for inexperience (Nettleship v Weston)

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Risk factors for breach

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Likelihood of harm/ size of risk (Bolton v Stone)

Characteristics of C (Paris v Stepney)

Cost of practical precautions (Latimer v AEC)

Social utility/ benefit (Watts v Herts CC)

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Test for damage

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Factual and legal causation

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Test for factual causation

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‘But for’ test: but for D’s breach the C would not have suffered damage.

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Case for factual causation

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Barnett v Chelsea Hospital

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Test for legal causation

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Damage must be reasonably forseeable and not too remote.

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Case for legal causation

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The Wagon Mound No 1

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Situations where harm is not reasonably forseeable but D may still be liable

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Type of damage caused (Bradford v Robinson Rentals)

Sequence of events (Hughes v Lord Advocate)

Thin skull rule (R v Blaue)

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Thin skill rule

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The D must take their C as they find them (R v Blaue) and D may be liable for the full extent of C’s damage.

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Defences for negligence

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Contributory negligence and consent

17
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Which is the partial defence?

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Contributory negligence

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What does the partial defence do?

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Reduce C’s damages

19
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Which is the full/ complete defence?

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Consent

20
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What does this full defence do?

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Remove D’s liability completely and C is not awarded any damages.

21
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Test for consent

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C knows risk and freely consents to that risk (Morris v Murray)

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When will consent fail?

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When content not freely given (Smith v Baker) and where C felt like they had a moral obligation (Haynes v Harwood)

23
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What Act of parliament do we use for contributory negligence?

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The Law Reform (Contributory Neglignce) Act 1945

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When does contributory negligence apply?

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When C’s own behaviour has fallen the standard expected of the reasonable man and C contributed to their own loss.

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C must have either (for contributory negligence)

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Contributed to the accident (Brannon v Airtours)

C made their own injuries worse (Froom v Butcher)

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Main remedy for negligence

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Damages

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Types of damages

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Special damages

General damages

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Special damages

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Can be precisely calculated - financial loss/ property loss calculated from the accident up until the trial

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General damages

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Cannot be precisely calculated

30
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Other types of losses

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Pecuniary and non- pecuniary loss

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Pecuniary losses

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Future loss of earnings and medical expenses

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Non- pecuniary losses

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Pain and suffering, loss of amenity, bereavement

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What is the C under a duty to do to their losses?

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Duty to mitigate losses (keep them to a minimum) (Motorways v Alwahbi)

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How are the damages paid?

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Lump sum or a structured settlement

35
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Act of parliament for damages

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The Damages Act 1996

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