Causation

The test for factual causation is the ...............

• the 'but for' test

• the 'why not ' test

• the damage test

• the negligence test

For causation to be proved the defendant must have caused the damage and it must not be too ______.

The lead case on factual causation is ....

• Barnett v Chelsea v Kensington Hospital MC.

• Barnsley v London Hospital

• Latimer v AEC

• Watt v Herts CC

An intervening event that breaks the chain of causation is called a _____ _____ ____________.

The case of The Wagon Mound ( 1961) set out the test for

• welding damage

• fire damage

• remoteness of damage

• serious harm

When the court uses the test for remoteness of damage it is only the _____ of injury that must be foreseeable, no the way in which it occurred.

An example of a case where the damage was NOT foreseeable was :

• The Wagon Mound

• Bradford v Robinson Rentals

• Hughes v Lord Advocate

• Doughty v Turner Asbestos

For causation in negligence both factual and legal causation have to be proved, True or False ?