AS Law TORT CASES

 

35 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

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Donoghue v Stevenson (1932)
Established the "neighbour" principle.
Caparo v Dickman (1990)
3 part test for duty of care.
Kent v Griffiths (2000)
Example of foreseeablility. (Foreseeable that someone waiting for an ambulance would suffer harm if it were unduly delayed.)
Bourhill v Young (1943)
Proximity in time alone is not enough to establish duty of care.
McLoughlin v O’Brien (1983)
Claimant's relationship to victim of accident was enough to establish proximity.
Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (1988)
Police do not owe a duty of care to victims of crime and their families.
MPC v Reeves (2001)
Police owe a duty of care to people taken into custody.
Orange v Chief Constable of West Yorks (2001)
Duty of care is owed by police to prisoners only when the risk is known.
Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks
Baron Alderson's famous definition of the "reasonable man".
Wells v Cooper (1954)
An amateur doing DIY is expected to reach the same standard as a competant professional.
Nettleship v Weston (1971)
A learner driver must reach the same standard as a competent qualified driver.
Bolam v Friern Barnet Hospital Management Committee (1957)
Duty of care for professionals : 2-part test.
Bolitho v City & Hackney Health Authority (1997)
Courts may decide that the standard accepted by the profession in general is not high enough.
Roe v Minister for Health (1954)
Reasonable man would not protect against unknown risks.
Paris v Stepney Borough Council (1951)
Greater care must be taken when the claimant is particularly vulnerable.