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duty of care - Coggle Diagram
duty of care
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Caparo v Dickman
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is it fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty?
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Donoghue v Stevenson
Decomposed snail found in drink of a woman who did not purchase the drink (could not be a contract case), she sued the manufacturer in negligence, claiming that they owed her a DUTY OF CARE and were at fault in the manufacturing process
Neighbour Principle
“a neighbour is someone who is so closely and directly affected by my act or omission that I ought reasonably to have them in my contemplation”.
Kent v Griffiths (2000)
AMBULANCE service/individual PATIENT, there is a duty of care
Caparo v Dickman (1990)
auditor/future investor, there is NO duty of care
Bolam v Friern (1957)
DOCTOR/PATIENT, there is ALWAYS a duty of care
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Bourhill v Young (1943)
ROAD USER who CAUSES a traffic ACCIDENT/people WITHOUT CLOSE TIE of love and affection, there is NOT a duty of care
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