Duty Of Care

Question 1

Donoghue V Stevenson
Neighbour Principle

Answer 1

Individual have duty of care to anyone who ought to have thought could potentially be affected by the act or omission.

Question 2

Robinson V CCWY 2018

Answer 2

Supreme court stated Police owe a duty of care to the general public.

Question 3

Established duties

Answer 3

Relationship
Statutory Duty (Road Traffic Act 1988)
Contractual Duty
Volunitary accepted care
Dangerous situation
Public office
Limit harm caused
Duty through precedent

Question 4

Caparo V Dickman

Answer 4

1. Is damage or harm reasonably foreseeable? Kent V Griffith - Ambulance breach duty by not arriving without good reason.
2. Is close and proximate?
   Bourhill V Young - D not liable for any psychiratic harm that c might have suffered as result of accident.
3. Is it fair , just and reasonable?
   Hill V CCWY - Hill didn’t confer general immunity upon the police