Negligence

Question 1

Where and how was negligence defined

Answer 1

Defined in Blyth v Birmingham water works as omitting to do something a reasonable man would do or doing something a reasonable man wouldn’t do

Question 2

4 requirements for negligence to be proven

Answer 2

1. Must be a duty of care in place
   2.Breach in that duty
2. Breach caused ‘harm in fact’
   4.The harm should be as a direct breach of that duty of care and not far removed