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Tort Law - Causation Flashcards

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Stapleton gives what two strands of causation?

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Historical connection between D’s negligence and injury, and damage falling within scope of liability for consequences

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What is the usual test for a historical connection between D’s negligence and injury?

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But for

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What is the usual test to find damage falling within scope of liability for consequences?

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Remoteness and NA

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What are the tests of remoteness and NA, essentially?

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A normative inquiry reflecting a value judgment as to proper liability limits

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Who gave two strands of causation?

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Stapleton

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What does causation require C to prove?

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D’s fault caused damage , on the balance of probabilities

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Name the four possible tests of causation

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But for, material contribution to injury, loss of chance and material contribution to risk

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what does the but for test require?

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D’s wrong to have made a difference

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Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital general

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Tea doctor arsenic

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Tea doctor arsenic

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Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital

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Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital judgment

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No claim - administrative processes meant antidote would have been given too late even if doctor hadn’t been negligent

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What was the key feature in Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital?

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The timetable

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Why was Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital unusual?

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Could be relatively sure of outcome in parallel hypothetical sequences of events, which is uncommon in medical negligence

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Hotson v East Berks AHA general

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Hip, avascular necrosis, sent home

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Hotson v East Berks AHA judgment

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If unsure of outcome, balance of probabilities test

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Why was the injury considered certain in Hotson v East Berks AHA?

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75% chance he was already too badly injured

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What did the judges refuse to rule out in Hotson v East Berks AHA?

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Possibility of proving loss of chance in medical negligence

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In what case did the judges refuse to rule out the Possibility of proving loss of chance in medical negligence?

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Hotson v East Berks AHA

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Bolitho v City and Hackney HA general

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Pager message, intubation

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Bolitho v City and Hackney HA judgment

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Look to what D says they would have done, see if it would have been negligent, and if yes then causation will be proved on what she SHOULD have done

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In what case did the courts examine what would happen if D says they would have done X if they hadn’t been negligent, but C says they should have done Y?

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Bolitho v City and Hackney HA

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22
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Pager message, intubation

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Bolitho v City and Hackney HA

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23
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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group confirmed what case?

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Bolitho

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24
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What case confirmed Bolitho?

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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group

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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group judgment

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Even if subsequent negligence is by 3rd, Bolitho applies

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Why did Bolitho still apply in Wright v Cambridge Medical Group?

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Irrebutable presumption that subsequent treatment would be without negligence

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In what case was Bolitho held to apply even if subsequent negligence is by 3rd?

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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group

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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group general

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Delay in referral, negligent correct diagnosis

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Delay in referral, negligent correct diagnosis

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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group

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30
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When is the material contribution to injury test used

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when several potential causes combine together to cause the damage

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What do the cases have to be a form of causally for material contribution to injury?

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Cumulative causation

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32
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What is cumulative causation?

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Takes into account both innocent and negligent exposures

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33
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What is alternative causation?

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Assumes EITHER D’s negligence OR other factor is the cause

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34
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Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw general

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Swing grinders, pneumatic hammers

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35
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What was the harm in Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw?

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Pneumoconiosis

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36
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Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw judgment

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Negligence in failing to maintain ventilation for swing, but not operation of hammers

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What was negligence taken to have caused of the total exposure in Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw?

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20%

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38
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What did Lord Reed say of the material contribution to injury test, in terms of the amount of contribution

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Any kind is sufficient, as long as above a minimal point

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39
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What latin saying encompasses Lord Reid’s view of contribution in Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw?

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De minimis non curat lex

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40
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De minimis non curat lex

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The law does not concern itself with small matters

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41
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Holtby v Brigham & Cowan general

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Asbestosis, different employers

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42
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Holtby v Brigham & Cowan judgment

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Look at quantifiable part of exposure and create employment history to divide responsibility on a ‘time exposure’ basis

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43
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How did the court in Holtby v Brigham & Cowan explain full damages in Bennington?

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Question of apportionment not raised

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44
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Asbestosis, different employers

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Holtby v Brigham & Cowan

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45
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Why is it crucial that the injury for material contribution to injury is cumulative?

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Every particle/exposure makes the illness a bit worse

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What does the decision on apportionment in Holtby do to C?

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Throws onus on C to sue and recover against all who contributed in order to get full compensation

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47
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What is the only way C under material contribution to injury can recover full compensation?

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Find all who contributed and sue them

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48
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What is the ‘quantifiable part’ of exposure?

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Length and intensity of exposure

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49
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Bailey v MoD general

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Inappropriate post-op care, further surgery, vomit

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50
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Inappropriate post-op care, further surgery, vomit

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Bailey v MoD

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Bailey v MoD judgment

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Negligence led to C’s weakness, which was cumulative cause of brain damage

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52
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What case shows the operation of material contribution to injury test outside of employment-related injuries?

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Bailey v MoD

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Bailey on material contribution to injury test

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Should be confined to situations satisfying ‘but for’ test in normal way for coherence

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54
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Stapleton on material contribution to injury test

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Any positive mechanism by which the injury occurred should be causal, but THEN consider if C can claim

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55
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Who said any positive mechanism by which the injury occurred should be causal?

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Stapleton

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56
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Who thought the material contribution to injury test should be confined to situations satisfying ‘but for’ test in normal way for coherence?

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Bailey

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Miller on the material contribution to injury test

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If D’s negligence is one of two or more alternative causes, need to satisfy ‘but for’, but if cumulative then evidential hurdle is lower

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Who criticised the material contribution to injury test for lowering the evidential hurdle based on the type of injury?

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Miller

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59
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Rahman v Arearose Ltd general

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Workplace beating, blind in right eye from hospital

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60
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Rahman v Arearose ltd judgment

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Confirmed proportionate damages are awarded even where causative factors operate concurrently

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What case Confirmed proportionate damages are awarded even where causative factors operate concurrently

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Rahman v Arearose ltd

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Weir on Rahman v Arearose ltd

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No scientific basis for attribution of causality in this way - C is not half mad because of X and half made because of Y

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63
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Who said that C is ‘as mad as he is because of what both of them did’, criticising attribution of causality in Rahman v Arearose ltd?

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Weir

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Workplace beating, blind in right eye from hospital

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Rahman v Arearose ltd

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What two academics debate over the proper application of the material contribution test?

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Miller and Bailey

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Bailey on the proper application of the material contribution test

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It is a particular application of ‘but for’ test for cumulatively caused injuries

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67
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Why did Miller reject Bailey’s view that material contribution to injury is just a particular application of ‘but for’ test?

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Bonnington wasn’t dependent on knowledge of magnitude or even existence of threshold in relationship linking dust concentration to respiratory function

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68
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When is the material contribution to risk test used?

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When C can’t prove D’s negligence either made a difference OR that D materially contributed - just increased likelihood C would suffer

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McGhee v National Coal Board general

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Brick kilns, cycle not shower, dermatitis

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Brick kilns, cycle not shower, dermatitis

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McGhee v National Coal Board

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71
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McGhee v National Coal Board judgment

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Material increase in risk the same as material contribution to injury

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72
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Why could C in McGhee v National Coal Board not use but for or material contribution to injury?

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Divergent medical opinion and can’t prove difference due to lack of medical info

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73
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Wilsher v Essex AHA general

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Newborn baby, RLF

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74
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Newborn baby, RLF

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Wilsher v Essex AHA

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Wilsher v Essex AHA judgment

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Rejected material contribution to risk is the same as injury - required single agent before departing from but for or material contribution to injury test

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what distinguished McGhee from Wilsher?

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Only one agent involved in McGhee, as opposed to 5 independent possible causes in Wilsher

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77
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How many independent possible causes were there in Wilsher?

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5

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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services general

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Mesothelioma, many employers, delayed symptoms

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Mesothelioma, many employers, delayed symptoms

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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services

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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services judgment

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Proving increase in risk is enough for causation

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In what case did the HoL cast doubt on McGhee saying material increase in risk is the same as injury?

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Wilsher v Essex AHA

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What case reiterated the view of McGhee in Wilsher?

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Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services

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What did the HoL in Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services use McGhee as?

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The ‘fons et origo’ of the principle of material contribution to risk

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What were the HoL careful to say in Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services?

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Reasoning only applied to facts of Fairchild

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Per Lord Bingham, what is the situation needed for material contribution to risk test to apply?

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Exposure in workplace, range of negligent exposures and no other significant background cause that might explain the illness (single agent)

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86
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Who doubted the single agent point in Fairchild?

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Hoffmann

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87
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Who gave the three things needed to use material contribution to risk test, and in what case?

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Lord Bingham in Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services

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In what case did Hoffmann show a reluctant withdrawal from his scepticism towards the single agent point in Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services?

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Baker v Corus

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What did Hoffmann say of the test formulated in Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services extra-judicially?

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He and the other Law Lords ‘failed [the] test quite badly’ of creating coherent and principled exceptions

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What judge stated extra-judicially that He and the other Law Lords ‘failed [the] test quite badly’ of creating coherent and principled exceptions in Fairchild?

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Lord Hoffmann

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91
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Barker v Corus general

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Asbestos from employer and self-employed

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92
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Asbestos from employer and self-employed

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Barker v Corus

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93
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Barker v Corus judgment

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Not necessary for all exposures to be tortious, and C’s personal carelessness doesn’t prevent Fairchild but may be reflected in CN damages

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What case showed not necessary for all exposures in material contribution to risk to be tortious?

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Barker v Corus

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What did Lord Hoffmann require there be to limit the material contribution to risk test in Barker?

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Single agent

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96
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What is recovery under material contribution to risk?

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Severable

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97
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What case gave that recovery under material contribution to risk is severable?

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Barker v Corus

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98
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What were the court split on in Barker v Corus?

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Apportionment of damages

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99
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What did the majority say on recovery in Barker?

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Only proportional recovery to risk increased

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100
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What did the minority say on recovery in Barker?

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Had to be liable for everything, with onus on D to join others responsible under classic causation rules

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What did Lord Rodger say to reject proportionate damages in Barker?

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In effect allows recovery fro loss of chance

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102
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Compensation Act 2006 s.3

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Adopted Rodger’s approach in Barker for mesothelioma cases caused by asbestos

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103
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What Act adopted Rodger’s approach in Barker?

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Compensation Act 2006 s.3

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104
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Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK) general

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Asbestos fibres from negligence and environment

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105
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Asbestos fibres from negligence and environment

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Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK)

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106
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Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK) judgment

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Rejected s.3 CA 2006 created special rule for mesothelioma - common law rules on causation are the same

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107
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What case Rejected s.3 CA 2006 created special rule for mesothelioma - common law rules on causation are the same

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Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK)

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108
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Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK) on rock of uncertainty

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It explains why there is a departure from normal causation rules in material contribution to risk - once rock is removed, rule would disappear

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109
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In what case was it made clear that s.3 CA06 only applies if material risk is held to establish causal link - exposure does not automatically satisfy causation?

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Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK)

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110
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What case do L&O contrast Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK) with?

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Hotson v East Berks

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111
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Why do L&O contrast Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK) with Hotson?

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To show distinction between scientific and personal uncertainty, where only the former allows material contribution to risk test

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112
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What is scientific uncertainty?

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Can’t say what amount of harm is needed to cause the injury

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113
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What is personal uncertainty?

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Can’t say if C has suffered known amount of harm to cause the given injury

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114
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Who first began to express concern about Fairchild, and in what case?

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Lord Brown in Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK)

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115
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What was Lord Brown sceptical of in Sienkiewicz v Grief (UK) ?

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‘Rock of uncertainty’ to demarcate cases where Fairchild applies from those where it doesn’t

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116
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Durham v BAI (Run Off) general

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Insurance policy

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Durham v BAI (Run Off) judgment

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Crucial C actually suffers mesothelioma, not JUST increase in risk

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what case made it clear that C actually needs to suffer mesothelioma to use material contribution to risk test?

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Durham v BAI (Run Off)

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Who echoed Brown in Sienkiewicz in Durham v BAI (Run Off)?

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Neuberger

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120
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What did Neuberger say in Durham v BAI (Run Off) of Fairchild?

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Given problems defining its scope, better to have left it to P

121
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According to Lord Mance in Durham v BAI (Run Off), legal responsibility is for what under material contribution to risk test?

A

Disease itself on a ‘weak’ view of causal link, rather than for risk created by exposing C to disease

122
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What judge in what case stated legal responsibility is for disease itself under material contribution to risk test

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Lord Mance in Durham v BAI (Run Off)

123
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Who suggested in Durham v BAI (Run Off) that courts should have left it to P in Fairchild?

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Lord Neuberger

124
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What happens if damage under the material contribution to risk test is indivisible?

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Still proportionate damages

125
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Hoffmann extra-judicially on Fairchild and judgment in Sienkiewicz

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Wished they had rejected Fairchild in Sienkiewicz and left it to P to come up with a more conservative approach

126
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What did Laleng say of Fairchild?

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It is implicit that it is limited to mesothelioma

127
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Why is Laleng’s view of Fairchild doubted?

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Hoffmann stated it would be an arbitrary distinction which courts could not make to limit Fairchild just to mesothelioma

128
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Millett on material contribution to risk potential cases extra-judicially

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To apply outside mesothelioma, C would need to show similar ‘rock of uncertainty’

129
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Who said it would be an arbitrary distinction which courts could not make to limit Fairchild just to mesothelioma?

A

Hoffmann

130
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Who said it was implicit that Fairchild is limited to mesothelioma?

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Laleng

131
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Why do L&O think Wilsher would now be excluded from material contribution to risk?

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Not single agent and nature of evidential certainty was such that they knew how it was caused, just hard to prove attribution to D’s neligence

132
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How do L&O explain the move from normal negligence damages to proportionate in material contribution to risk?

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C already benefitting from relaxation of ordinary causation rules so would be too lenient

133
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Who explain why damages are proportionate in material contribution to risk?

A

L&O

134
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Ibbetson and Steele on material contribution to risk

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Unjust that negligent Ds as a group are privileged over mesothelioma suffers, which would be the consequence under ordinary rules

135
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Who explains the position under material contributon to risk as avoiding the unjust result that negligent Ds are privileged over mesothelioma sufferers?

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Ibbetson and Steele

136
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How do L&O adopt Ibbetson and Steele’s argument on material contribution to show it could apply to more situations than just mesothelioma?

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Whenever uncertainty is personal to C, negligent Ds may be privileged over Cs, so should extend to these situations

137
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When is the ‘doubling the risk’ approach considered more appropriate?

A

When multiple causes are involved

138
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Who proposed the ‘doubling the risk’ approach?

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Lords Phillips and Dyson in Sienkiewicz

139
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What did Kerr say of the doubling the risk approach?

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Real danger that such evidence has a false air of authority

140
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Who thought epidemiological evidence has a real danger of having a false air of authority?

A

Kerr

141
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What did the other members of the SC say in Sienkiewicz with regard to epidemiological evidence for doubling the risk approach?

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Need evidence linking disease in the individual C to D’s negligence - evidence tends to focus on GENERAL, not specific

142
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What case required epidemiological evidence to link disease in individual C to D’s negligence - not just GENERAL evidence?

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Sienkiewicz

143
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Who said Fairchild is a ‘de facto mesothelioma exception’?

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Laleng

144
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Why did Laleng see Fairchild as a ‘de facto mesothelioma exception’?

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Rock of uncertainty doesn’t seem to have been reached in any other case

145
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West v MoD general

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PTSD

146
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West v MoD judgment

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Fairchild did not apply for PTSD

147
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Calvert v William Hill Credit

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Fairchild did not apply for gambling addiction

148
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Wootton v J Doctor

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Fairchild did not apply for an unwanted pregnancy

149
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Name at least two cases where Fairchild did not apply because no rock of uncertainty

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Wootton v J Doctor; Calvert v William Hill Credit; West v MoD

150
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What is a case of indeterminate defendants?

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Two or more Ds have acted tortuously towards D, who suffers injury but cannot determine who caused it

151
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What vital case is an example of indeterminate defendants?

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Fairchild

152
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What vital case is NOT an example of indeterminate defendants?

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McGhee

153
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Summers v Tice general

A

Shooting in C’s direction

154
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Shooting in C’s direction

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Summers v Tice

155
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Summers v Tice judgment

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Claim of alternative liability, so both Ds equally culpable unless absolved

156
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Fairchild on indeterminate defendants

A

Per Lord Bingham, most jurisdictions would afford a remedy to C in same circumstances

157
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What judge and in what case highlighted how most jurisdictions would afford a remedy to C in a case of indeterminate defendants?

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Lord Bingham in Fairchild

158
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Fitzgerald v Lane general

A

Pedesterian, two cars, tetraplegia

159
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Fitzgerald v Lane judgment

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Followed Fairchild - both drivers liable

160
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Sindell v Abott Laboratories general

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Vaginal cancerous lesions, 200 manufacturers, genetic defect of drug

161
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Sindell v Abott Laboratories judgment

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All manufacturers liable in proportion to market shares

162
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What case on indeterminate Ds was from the US?

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Sindell v Abott Laboratories

163
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What judge and in what case criticised Sindell v Abott Laboratories?

A

Hoffmann in Fairchild

164
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What did Hoffmann say of market-share liability imposed in Sindell v Abott Laboratories ?

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Declined to speculate if it would be imposed in English law

165
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How did Hoffmann in Fairchild criticise Sindell v Abott Laboratories?

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Additional manufacturers did not materially increase risk of injury, so fell outside of the Fairchild principle

166
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Why did the case of Sindell v Abott Laboratories fall outside the Fairchild principle, according to Hoffmann?

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Additional manufacturers did not materially increase risk of injury

167
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In what case was loss of chance recovery clearly rejected?

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Hotson v East Berkshire AHA

168
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What case showed the HoL being asked to reconsider Hotson v East Berkshire AHA on loss of chance?

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Gregg v Scott

169
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Gregg v Scott general

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Lump under arm, 9 months, cancerous, 42% to 25%

170
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Lump under arm, 9 months, cancerous, 42% to 25%

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Gregg v Scott

171
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What was C suing for in Gregg v Scott?

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Loss of expectation of lifr

172
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Why was C unable to recover in Gregg v Scott?

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Balance of probabilities showed C probably wouldn’t have survived even if started treatment 9 months earlier

173
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What did Gregg v Scott show about recovery for loss of chance?

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Not given outside of Fairchid

174
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what two reasons did HoL give in Gregg for no recovery for lost chance?

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C has not yet suffered harm, and balance of probabilities creates a roughness of justice which is just the way it is, to avoid the problematic valuing damage for lost chances

175
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Why was it an issue that C had no yet suffered harm in Gregg?

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Per Hale, the coin was still in the air - compensation would regard loss of chance as an asset in itself which has been damaged

176
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What did the HoL highlight to be a particular problem in Gregg to allow loss of chance recovery?

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Problematic and inappropriate for negligence to embark on valuing damage through lost chances

177
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What judge in minority in Gregg refused to accept likelihood of damage made quantum too difficult?

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Lord Nicholls

178
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Who highlighted that 45% chance of recovery is just as much of a loss as 55%, so why only allow recovery for the latter?

A

Nicholls in Gregg

179
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Who said it would be ‘seriously deficient’ not to recognise negligent diagnosis/treatment diminishing prospect of recovery as a wrong?

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Nicholls in Gregg

180
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What distinction did Nicholls draw in Gregg?

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Between evidential and scientific uncertainty, where only the latter is sufficient for a claim

181
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Who argued loss of chance of avoiding cancer could be claimed as consequential upon physical injury in Gregg?

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Lord Hope

182
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What case rejected Lord Hope’s argument in Gregg?

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Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating

183
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Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating general

A

Asymptomatic pleural placques

184
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Why did Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating reject Hope in Gregg?

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Mere presence of physical change not increasing likelihood of disease cannot ground a claim for consequential injury based on chance of contracting disease in future

185
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What case made it clear that the Mere presence of physical change not increasing likelihood of disease cannot ground a claim for consequential injury based on chance of contracting disease in future?

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Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating

186
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Why did Hoffmann apply Hotson in Gregg?

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Couldn’t distinguish the case

187
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Hale in Gregg

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Allowing both loss of an outcome and loss of a chance would be very favourable to C and require more complex evidence, introducing unpredictability

188
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What judge in Gregg stated that allowing both loss of an outcome and chance would be too favourable to C?

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Hale

189
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Who worried about the unpredictability of the law if loss of a chance were allowed, and in what case?

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Hale

190
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What three judges were in the majority in Gregg?

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Hale, Hoffmann and Phillips

191
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What three judges were in the minority in Gregg?

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Nicholls and Hope

192
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Who found it unsatisfactory in Gregg that PEL recovery is allowed but not loss of a chance in personal injury?

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Hale

193
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How did Phillips categorise Hotson?

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A case about an adverse outcome, not loss of chance

194
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What judge in majority in Gregg left open award for loss of chance?

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Phillips

195
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How did Phillips leave open award for loss of chance in Gregg?

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Hotson was about adverse outcome, not loss of chance

196
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What scenario did phillips reject in Gregg?

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Coin in the air scenario - can’t claim for loss of chance when there is no actual injury yet

197
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What did Hoffmann say extra-judicially about causation rules?

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Difficulties arise from different causation rules depending on time action is brought

198
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Who highlighted the difficulties which arise from different causation rules depending on time action is brought?

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Hoffmann, extra-judicially

199
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Who highlighted the difficulty of assessing damage value of loss of chance, such that it doesn’t end up compensating for the injury itself without fulfilling balance of probabilities?

A

Voyiakis

200
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Why was Voyiakis sceptical about recovery for loss of chance?

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Difficulty in assessing damage

201
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What is the difficulty Voyiakis highlights with assessing damage for loss of chance?

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If by reference to ultimate injury, reducing based on chance of avoiding it, this compensates the injury itself without establishing balance of probabilities

202
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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group on loss of chance

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Lords Neuberger and Elias LJ felt Gregg suggested loss of chance should have no place in personal injury actions

203
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What two judges in what case felt Gregg suggested loss of chance should have no place in personal injury actions?

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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group, per Lords Neuberger and Elias LJ

204
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Tabett v Gett

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HC of Australia rejected loss of chance as compensatable in negligence, at least for pI

205
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What case shows another jurisdiction rejecting loss of chance as compensatable in negligence, at least for personal injury, and what jurisdiction?

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Tabett v Gett, HC of Australia

206
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Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons general

A

Protection for contingent liabilities, deletion of warranty

207
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What was it only necessary to show in Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons?

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C would have relied on proper advice if given

208
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What was it NOT necessary to show in Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons?

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3rd would have given protection to C on a balance

209
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How does Coote explain Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons ?

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Loss of chance had economic value, which would be artificial in personal injury claim

210
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What case shows different treatment between loss of chance for economic loss and for personal injury?

A

Allied Maples v Simmons & Simmons

211
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What is the rationale for novus actus?

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‘Fairness’ (Corr v IBC Vehicles)

212
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What case stated that NA acts for ‘fairness’?

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Corr v IBC Vehiclesl

213
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Latin name for intervening acts

A

Novus actus interveniens

214
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What judges in Wright v Cambridge Medical Group stated that ‘considerations of policy loom large’ in NA?

A

Elias LJ

215
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In what case did Elias LJ state ‘considerations of policy loom large’ in NA?

A

Wright v Cambridge Medical Group

216
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Empress Car v National Rivers

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Drum of diesel, 3rd party tap

217
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What did Lord Hoffmann say courts should look for for NA in Empress?

A

Deliberate human acts/extraordinary natural events

218
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What did Lord Hoffmann in Empress say courts should consider before attributing responsibility?

A

Scope and purpose of rule in respect of which responsibility is being applied

219
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What Act removed CN as a complete defence?

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Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945

220
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What did the LR(CN)A allow courts to do?

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Apportion damages where both D and C’s fault is causally relevant

221
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Yachuk v Oliver Blais general

A

Wild west

222
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Yachuk v Oliver Blais judgment

A

Chain not broken as carelessness exactly the kind of thing that might have been expected

223
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What case suggests less is expected from children, and thus no NA for their negligence?

A

Yachuk v Oliver Blais

224
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McKew v Holland & Hannen general

A

Occasional numbness, jumped down stairs

225
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McKew v Holland and Hannen judgment

A

Jumping alone wouldn’t have broken chain because panic, but walking down steep stairs w/o handrail or help did

226
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What is more likely to have been used now in McKew?

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CN - chain not broken

227
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Spencer v Wincanton Holdings general

A

Petrol amputee

228
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Spencer v Wincanton Holdings judgment

A

Per Sedley J, ‘unreasonableness’ is from irrationality to simple unwisdom, but only McKew unreasonable gives NA

229
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What case shows a degree of tension between unreasonableness which is an NA, and unreasonableness which leads to CN?

A

Spencer v Wincanton Holdings

230
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Petrol amputee

A

Spencer v Wincanton Holdings

231
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What judge and in what case showed the broad ambit of ‘unreasonableness’, but required high degree for NA?

A

Sedley J in Spencer v Wincanton Holdings

232
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Jump flight of stairs

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McKew v Holland and Hannen

233
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Knightley v Johns general

A

One-way tunnel in Birmingham

234
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Knightley v Johns judgment

A

Broken by inspector negligence, with key factor being the NUMBER of acts of carelessness

235
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What did the court stress about rescuers in Knightley v Johns?

A

Rescuer won’t generally be denied a claim based on carelessness

236
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What did Stephenson LJ highlight in Knightley v Johns?

A

Number of errors made the result unanticipated, emphasising deliberate disregard of police standing orders

237
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What judge in Knightley v Johns emphasised that the number of errors made the result unanticipated, emphasising deliberate disregard of police standing orders?

A

Stephenson LJ

238
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What did Stephenson LJ say of the specific requirement for rescuer’s negligent act to be an NA in Knightley?

A

‘Wanton interference or disregard for rescuer’s own safety’

239
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Baker v TE Hopkins general

A

Doctor, two workers in well

240
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Baker v TE Hopkins judgment

A

Rescuer needs to act with ‘wanton disregard’ before NA of rescuer whose actions were necessitated by D’s negligence

241
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Sayers v Harlow general

A

Locked in loo, climbed out

242
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Locked in loo

A

Sayers v Harlow

243
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Well, two workers

A

Baker v TE Hopkins

244
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Sayers v Harlow judgment

A

Seemingly unreasonable conduct necessitated by D’s negligence may not always be NA if reasonable in circumstances

245
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What Act allowed apportionment of damages between tortfeasors whose contribution has affected judgments on whether intervening 3rd negates responsibility?

A

Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978

246
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What is the usual finding for damage under Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 if several tortfeasors are responsible in the same way, for the same damage

A

Joint and several liability

247
Q

What happens if one D is bankrupt/insolvent under Civil Liability (Contribution) Act?

A

Share of the others, if jointly and severally liable, increases proportionately

248
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The Oropesa general

A

Collision, lifeboat capsized

249
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The Oropesa judgment

A

Emergency situation made decision by 2nd D unlikely to be negligent/break causal link

250
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The Oropesa emphasised what in regard to the situation of C in the case?

A

‘in a very perilous plight’

251
Q

Collision, lifeboat capsized

A

The Oropesa

252
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Webb v Barclays Bank

A

Suggested only gross negligence in relation to intervening medical treatment will break causal link

253
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What case suggests only gross negligence in relation to intervening medical treatment will break causal link?

A

Webb v Barclays Bank

254
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Mahony v Krushich

A

Apportionment fairest when both original and subsequently negligent parties before court

255
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Why was it suggested apportionment fairest when both original and subsequent negligent parties are before court in Mahony v Krushich?

A

Risk of negligent medical treatment entailed by initial injury, so shouldn’t end 1st D’s responsibility

256
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What case stated that apportionment is fairest when both original and subsequent negligent parties are before court ?

A

Mahony v Krushich

257
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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group general

A

Untimely reference, negligent treatment

258
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Wright v Cambridge Medical Group per Lord Neuberger

A

Only serious or gross negligent would prevent 1st D’s initial negligence from being a cause

259
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What did Elias and Smith LJJ in Wright v Cambridge highlight?

A

Doctor’s negligence was still A factual cause - intervening negligence did not negate his responsibility

260
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Stapleton on Wright v Camrbidge

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Neutral language of causation masked value judgments

261
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What judges in Wright v Cambridge focused on whether or not 1st D’s negligence was still a factual cause?

A

Elias and Smith LJJ

262
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What judge in Wright v Cambridge required serious or gross negligence by 2nd D before 1st D’s negligence no longer a cause?

A

Lord Neuberger

263
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What two cases did L&O give for when 1st D’s liability can be ended?

A

By NA or if D’s DoC to C is limited

264
Q

Who criticised the case of Wright v Cambridge for masking value judgments?

A

Stapleton

265
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How did Stapleton argue they masked value judgments in Wright v Cambridge?

A

Through neutral language of causation

266
Q

Rouse v Squires general

A

Lorry pile up

267
Q

Rouse v Squires judgment

A

Responsibility apportioned 25/75 between original lorry and fourth driver

268
Q

What was highlighted in Rouse v Squires to justify apportionment?

A

Lack of sufficient time to notice accident and evade

269
Q

Lorry pile up

A

Rouse v Squires

270
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Wright v Lodge general

A

Car broken down, carriageway

271
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Wright v Lodge judgment

A

1st driver negligent not to push off, so 10% to passenger, but lorry sole cause of injuries to other drivers

272
Q

Car broken down, carriageway

A

Wright v Lodge

273
Q

What was the percentage of responsibility apportioned to driver of car broken down in Wright v Lodge, and to who?

A

10% to his passenger

274
Q

Why is Wright v Lodge hard to understand?

A

Why is causation denied to injuries arising as a consequence of the initial hit?

275
Q

Froom v Butcher general

A

Seatbelt

276
Q

Froom v Butcher on Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978

A

Guidelines of 25% are appropriate when determining apportionment under this Act (to 1st D probably?)

277
Q

When can a deliberate act not break the chain of causation?

A

D under an exceptional duty to take care to prevent 3rd injuring C

278
Q

Lamb v Camden LBC general

A

Landowner, damage by squatters

279
Q

Landowner, damage by squatters

A

Lamb v Camden LBC

280
Q

Lamb v Camden LBC judgment

A

If duty to prevent squatters’ deliberate behaviour, cannot complain behaviour was NA

281
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Why couldn’t they claim squatters’ deliberate behaviour was NA in Lamb v Camden LBC?

A

The behaviour was the occasion of the breach of duty

282
Q

Corr v IBC Vehicles general

A

Disfigurement, clinical depression, suicide

283
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Corr v IBC Vehicles on NA

A

Chain not broken by deliberate act of C as depression impaired ability/capacity to make a reasoned judgment.

284
Q

What case showed that whether a deliberate act is NA depends on the capacity of C to make a reasoned judgment?

A

Corr v IBC Vehicles

285
Q

Kirkham v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police general

A

Suicide, depressed prisoner

286
Q

Kirkham v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester judgement

A

Responsible for creating environment in which V’s suicidal tendencies developed

287
Q

Name at least two cases considering suicide as a deliberate act for NA

A

Kirkham v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester; Corr v IBC Vehicles; Reeves v MPC

288
Q

Empress Car on deliberate acts as NA

A

Chain not broken because policy of pollution offence was to require occupants to take all possible steps to stop such behaviour

289
Q

What three cases show the courts explicitly looking to the nature of D’s duty to determine if deliberate act was NA or not?

A

Empress Car; Lamb v Camden LBC; Reeves v MPC

290
Q

Reeves v MPC confirmed what case?

A

Empress

291
Q

Reeves v MPC on deliberate acts as NA

A

Sound of mind at time of suicide, so voluntary BUT duty to prevent self-harming so no NA

292
Q

Who expressed concern about medical evidence in Reeves v MPC?

A

Hoffmann

293
Q

Why was there no NA in Reeves v MPC?

A

Would make a nonsense of the rule imposing duty if very act it was supposed to protect was an NA

294
Q

Keenan v UK

A

Once prisoner is suicide risk, Article 2 requires reasonable steps to prevent suicide

295
Q

Orange v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

A

No general duty to prevent harm if no suicide risk

296
Q

Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester

A

No duty to stop persons they are attempting to arrest from harming themselves

297
Q

What case shows Reeves v MPC is consistent with Article 2 ECHR?

A

Keenan v UK

298
Q

No duty to stop persons they are attempting to arrest from harming themselves

A

Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester

299
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No general duty to prevent harm if no suicide risk

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Orange v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

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