Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Causation, image - Coggle Diagram
Causation
factual
single causes 'but for' test
NO USE IN MULTIPLE CAUSATION
Kenny v O’Rourke (1972)
Defendant's ladder was defective but not the factual cause as the Plaintiff had leant over
so far that he would have fallen off almost any ladder = factual cause was the Plaintiff’s
own actions
failed to act
not proven in
Simultaneous and successive causes - material element test
Joint tortfeasors + Uncertain causes
Legal
simultaneous
LAW OF TORT
Law Society of Ireland Final Examination (Part 1) Preparatory Course
what is it?
2 step process
cause in fact
cause in law
Clabby v Global Windows and An Post (2003)
