NEGLIGENCE Flashcards
Definition of Negligence
Failing to do something the reasonable person would do or doing something that a reasonable person would not do - Blyhte V Birmingham Waterworks.
3 elements of negligence
duty»breach»damage
3 stage test of duty of care
1) damage or harm was reasonably foreseeable 2) sufficient proximate relationship between the claimant and defendant 3) is it fair just and reasonable to impose a duty
where is the statue of negligence found
found its origins in Donoghue v Stevenson but was replaces by a more consice 3 stage test by Caparo V Dickman
Case for reasonable forseeability
Kent V Griffiths
1) proximity of space case
2) proximity of relationship case
1) AG V Hartwell
2)law society v KMPG
case and reason for fair just and reasonable
ultimately a public policy reasons
Hill v CC of West Yorkshire
What is a breach of duty
Falling below the standard of a reasonable person
Dufose v Melbry Events