Remoteness

Question 1

What is the test for remoteness?

Answer 1

reasonable foreseeability (objective test)

Question 2

What are the principles to remember for remoteness?

Answer 2

• need to foresee same type of damage
• no need to foresee exact way
• no need to foresee extent
• thin skull rule

Question 3

What can the thin skull rule apply to other than where the harm is aggravated by the claimant’s own weakness?

Answer 3

Aggravated by claimant’s own impecuniosity

Question 4

What was decided in Page v Smith regarding the type of damage for remoteness?

Answer 4

Personal injury is a single indivisble harm (whether phsyical or psychiatric)