Negligence test - duty, breach, damage and defences

Which case is the leading authority for the existence of a duty of care?

• The Wagon Mound

• Nettleship v Weston

• Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

• Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks.

What is the name of the case that gives us the remoteness rule?

(a)  

What happened in Barnett v Kensington and Chelsea Hospital?

• There was no liability as there was no antidote to the poison

• There was a break in the chain of causation due to the police

• The patient had pre-cancerous cells on his lip.

• A fire was caused in Syndey harbour.

Name the case for the eggshell skull rule in tort law.

(a)  

In which of following cases was an ambulance late for a patient with breathing difficulties?

• Bourhill v Young

• Kent v Griffiths

• Caparo Industries plc v Dickman

• Paris v Stepney

"The standard of care for breach of duty is set objectively"

• True

• False

"A learner driver is judged by the standard of a qualified driver."

• True

• False

In which one of the following were 15 year olds judged by the standard of a reasonable child of their age?

• Mullin v Richards

• Bolam v Frien Hospital Management Committee

• Bourhill v Young

• Latimer v AEC

Name the case where an employer breached their duty of care by not giving goggles to a one-eyed man?

(a)  

What is the ratio decidendi of Watt v Hertfordshire?

• A professional will be judged by the standards of a reasonable person of that profession.

• Motorists owe a duty of care towards other road users.

• There must be no intervening act/s

• Some risk may be acceptable if the risk undertaken is socially important.