Negligence Flashcards
(17 cards)
Blyth v Birmingham waterworks
Definition of negligence
Failing to do somthing which the reasonable person would do or somthing which the reasonable person would not do
Robinson v chief constible of west yorkshire
Created robinson tests
Jolley v London borough of sutton
If loss/ harm was forseeable to the D - caparo test
Kid plays in abandoned boat
Mcloughlin v O’brien
Proximity between Cl and D - caparo test
mangled son and dad left mum traumatised
Mulcahy v MOD
If it is fair to impose duty of care - Caparo test
soldier with no headphones
Nettleship v Weston
The reasonable Learner - Resonable person test
Crashes driving instructorscar found liable
Mullins v Richards
The reasonable child - Resonable person test
15 year old girl injured in ruler fight
Bolam v Frier Barnet Hospital
Professionals - Resonable person test
falls down in electroshock therapy - other doctors opions gathered
Paris v Stepney BC
Special Characteristics - Risk factor guidelines
one eyed miner
Bolton v stone
Size of risk - Risk factor guidelines
17 ft high fence cricket grandma
Latimer v AEC
Cost of precaution - Risk factor guidelines
flooded factory
Roe v Minister of health
Unkown risks - Risk factor guidelines
cracks in tubes of antispetic causing paralyasis
Watts v herts CC
Emergency sitautions - Risk factor guidelines
was crushed in th eback fo a firetruck
Barnett-v-Chelsea & Kensington Hospital
But for test - factual cuasation
arsenic in tea- hospital sent him home
Wagon mound
Reasonably forseeable - legal causation
sydney harbour
Thompson v Blake-James
Interveining acts - Legal cuasation
advised agiast vaccine - other doctors advised for - vacciene ended bad
Smith v Leech Brain
Thin skull rule - L
