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Negligence Cases Flashcards

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Neighbour test - someone so closely and directly affected by your act that you should have them in contemplation as being affected

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Donoghue v Stevenson

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The modern test to determine a duty of care

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Caparo v Dickman

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The Caparo test does not need to be applied to every scenario

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Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

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Caparo test - foreseeability

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Bourhill v young

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Caparo test - proximity

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Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

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Caparo test - fair, just and reasonable

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Summer v Colborn

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Breach of duty - the ordinary man

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Wells v Cooper

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Breach of duty - the learner

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Nettleship v Weston

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Breach of duty - the professional

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Roe v Minister of Health
Bolam v Friern Hospital Management

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Breach of duty - children

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Orchard v Lee
Mullin v Richards

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Risk factors - likelihood of harm

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Barnes v Scout Association

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Risk factors - special characteristics of C

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Paris v Stepney Borough Council

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Risk factors - practicality of taking precautions

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Ward v Tesco Stores Ltd
Latimer v AEC Ltd

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Risk factors - social utility of the act

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Day v High Performance Sports
Watt v HCC

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Factual causation

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Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital

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Remoteness of damage

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Wagon Mound No.1

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Remoteness - only the type of damage, not the extent needs to be foreseeable

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Bradford v Robinson Rentals

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Remoteness - only the harm needs to be foreseeable, it can occur in an unforeseeable way

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Hughes v Lord Advocate

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Remoteness - think skull rule

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Bhamra v Dubb
Smith v Leech Brain

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Intervening acts

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Reeves v Commissioner of Police
Scott v Sheperd

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Original definition of negligence

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Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks

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It is reasonably foreseeable that the act would injure C

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Kent v Griffiths

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Being a junior is an individual characteristic and will not be considered

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Wilsher v Essex Health Authority

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C must prove that D caused the damage or materially contributed to it

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Wilsher v Essex Health Auhtority

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