Tort Law Flashcards
1
Q
Negligence (“neighbour principle”)
A
Donoghue v Stevenson (1932)
2
Q
Negligence (Proximity Test)
A
Caparo Industries v Dickman [1990]
3
Q
Contributory Negligence
A
Sayers v Harlow UDC [1958]
4
Q
Breach (risk)
A
Bolton v Stone [1951]
5
Q
Breach (characteristics)
A
Mullins v Richards [1999]
6
Q
Professional Opinion
A
Bolam v Friern Barnet Hospital Management Committee [1957]
7
Q
Causation (“but for”)
A
Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital Management Committee [1969]
8
Q
Causation (“eggshell skull rule”)
A
Smith v Leech Brain & Co [1962]
9
Q
Nervous Shock
A
Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1991]
10
Q
Nervous Shock (accident)
A
McLoughlin v O’Brien (1982)
