Negligence cases

Question 1

Established duty

Answer 1

Robinsons V Chief Constable of Yorkshire

Question 2

Established duty of doctor to patient

Answer 2

Montgomery V Lanarkshire

Question 3

established duty of driver to passenger

Answer 3

Nettleship V Weston

Question 4

Caparo test- reasonable foreseeability

Answer 4

Kent V Griffiths

Question 5

Caparo test- proximity of relationship

Answer 5

Bourhill V YOUNG

Question 6

Caparo test- is it just, fair and reasonable to impose a duty

Answer 6

Hill V Chief constable

Question 7

Breach of duty- what standard of care the defendant should have exercised

Answer 7

Blyth V Birmingham Waterworks

Question 8

Breach of duty- children

Answer 8

Mullins V Richards

Question 9

Breach of duty- expert/ professionals

Answer 9

Bolam test

Question 10

Breach of duty- learners/inexperienced

Answer 10

Nettleship V Weston

Question 11

Foreseeability of risk

Answer 11

Roe v minister of health

Question 12

Magnitude of risk

Answer 12

How likely- Bolton v stone
how serious- Paris v Stepney Borough Council

Question 13

Practical precautions

Answer 13

Latimer v AEC ltd

Question 14

defendants purpose

Answer 14

Watt v Hertfordshire County Council

Question 15

Causation- But for test

Answer 15

Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee

Question 16

Remoteness of damages

Answer 16

Wagon Mound No1

Question 17

Type of injury is foreseeable even if it occurs in an unexpected way

Answer 17

Hughes V Lord Advocate

Question 18

Thin skull rule

Answer 18

Smith V Leech Brown and Co ltd