Neighbour Principle: You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour- Who‚ then‚ in law‚ is my neighbour? The answer seems to be - persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions that are called in question Donoghue v Stevenson Neighbour Principle: You must take reasonable
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student wanted to take a teacher to court for negligence the four elements would have to be present. The teacher must have a duty to protect students from unreasonable risks‚ the teacher must have failed in the duty by not exercising a reasonable standard of care‚ there must be a causal connection between the breach of the duty to care and the resulting injury and last there must be some actual physical or mental injury resulting from the negligence (Drye‚ J.M.‚ 2013). Some students will start
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" On the strength of the report given by the respondents‚ Hedley placed additional orders on behalf of Easipower which eventually resulted in a loss of £17‚000. Hedley then brought an action against the respondents for damages under the tort of negligence: Held: A negligent‚ although honest‚ misrepresentation‚ may give rise to an action for damages for financial loss even if there was no contract between the advisor and the advisee and no fiduciary relationship. The law will imply a duty of care
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Joe could be charged with gross negligence manslaughter on the death of Karla. He cannot be charged for murder and voluntary manslaughter because he does not meet the mens rea requirements for intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm. He cannot also be charged for unlawful act manslaughter because he has not committed an act but instead has failed to act. The court has established in the case of Adamako[1995] following Bateman [1925] ‚ that ordinary negligence requirements apply to ascertain
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Andrews saw it differently in that the accident could not have happen without the worker pushing the man then causing the accident. He argued that there was proximate cause because there were too many intervening causes in the case that so there was negligence of the worker pulling the man on the train caused the injury so the action had to be in place for the injury to be foreseen. In tort law this is a groundbreaking case in our nations history. It helped launch an idea of proximate case. This new
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Question 1: Issue The issue of this question is whether Samuel willingly entered into a legitimate sale of goods contract with the shop in Orchard Road. Rule of Law The law on this issue is found in the common law and under stature law. In Preston Corporation Sdn Bhd v Edward Leong (1982)‚ an offer was defined as a willingness to be bound by the terms of an agreement. Therefore‚ it is clearly stated that Samuel is willingly and has agreed to enter into a contract by signing on a receipt
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the individual for personal loss where the loss was caused by another person. It is based on Common Law. NEGLIGENCE - Negligence is one of many types of Torts. Negligence is now the dominant Tort and the focus of this topic. DEFINITION: Conduct that falls below the standard of care demanded for the protection of others against the unreasonable risk of harm. To establish a claim for Negligence the plaintiff must prove three essential elements:(1)
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a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. The claimant must be able to show a duty of care imposed by law which the defendant has breached. In turn‚ breaching a duty may subject an individual to liability. The duty of care may be imposed by operation of law between individuals with no
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law Tort of Negligence - The “neighbour principle” o “The rule that you are to love your neighbour becomes in law‚ you must not injure your neighbour” Lord Atkin‚ Donoghue v Stevenson Who is neighbour? Persons who are so closely and directly affected by action that one ought reasonably to have them in contemplation when thinking about such an action - 3 Elements to Tort of Negligence o DUTY OF CARE: Spandeck Engineering v DSTA • Landmark case for tort of negligence in Singapore •
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or until there is rashness or gross negligence. The following Sections of IPC are related to medical profession (2): Sec. 304-A Deals with death caused by a negligent act. Sec. 336-338 Deals with causing hurt by rash or negligent act. Section 304 and 304-A There is lot of discrepancy while applying these sections in cases of professional negligence by doctors and drivers. Most of the times‚ the police authorities register cases of professional negligence deaths under Sec 304 of IPC. According
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