tort law

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Decks in this class (22)

General Principles
What does tort law allow someone ...,
Individual parties are called,
What is it called if defendant is...
12  cards
Policy decisions
Why are judges careful when impos...,
What are policy decisions goals,
Factors that judges take into con...
6  cards
Purely economic loss
Why limit claims made on the basi...,
Ultramares v touche,
Hedley byrne v heller
3  cards
Psychiatric injury
Why was psychiatric injury histor...,
Alcock testalcock v chief constab...,
Mcloughlin v o brian
10  cards
Standard of care and negligence
Vaughan v menlove
1  cards
Injunctions and conflicts of interest
What is an injunction,
Supreme court of judicature act 1...,
What will the courts weigh up
5  cards
Vicarious liability
What is the most common form of v...,
Why are employers vicariously liable,
Mohamud v morrison
3  cards
Duty of care
When should caparo test be used,
Caparo test 1,
Caparo test 2
10  cards
Breach of duty of care
Where does the objective test com...,
What is the objective test,
What standard will a professional...
24  cards
Pure Economic Loss
When is economic loss not recover...,
Where is economic loss recoverable,
When is a duty of care owed in th...
8  cards
Occupiers Liability Act 1957
What does occupiers liability mean,
What is an occupier,
S 1 3 a says that the occupied pr...
24  cards
Occupiers' Liability Act 1984
Who does this act impose occupier...,
What are the protected forms of d...,
When does section 1 3 say that an...
8  cards
Private Nuisance
Private nuisance is concerned wit...,
What must the claimant have in or...,
What could interference be
21  cards
Rylands v Fletcher
What type of liability is it,
What does strict liability mean,
Case details
26  cards
Vicarious Liability
What are employers vicariously li...,
Reasons for employers being vicar...,
Questions to be asked in order to...
19  cards
Defences - Contributory Negligence
What is that act,
Partial or full defence,
How are losses allocated if succe...
10  cards
Defences - Consent
What is the latin term,
Complete or partial defence,
What does it require
16  cards
Defences to private nuisance
What is the defence of ordinary u...,
What is the defence of statutory ...,
What is the defence of an act of ...
9  cards
Defences to Rylands v Fletcher
Act of a stranger defence,
Act of god,
Statutory authority
7  cards
Remedies
What is the purpose of damages,
Latin for the purpose of damages,
What are general damages
20  cards
Injunctions
What is an injunction,
When are injunctions most commonl...,
What are prohibitory injunctions
12  cards
Cases
Bourhill v young,
Key case for the need of a proxim...,
Bolton v stone
17  cards

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