Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Duty of Care - Omissions
- No duty - policy concerns - invasion of personal liberty/Why pick on me?/economic reasons
- At common law an affirmative duty to
act may arise when one assumes responsibility
- Kent v Griffiths [2001] - ambulance
accepting call
- Barrett v Min For
Defence [1995] -
failure to care for
drunk soldier
- Good Samaritans
- The Civil Law Act 2011
- No duty to act to assist a
stranger
- Section 51D - immunity to rescuer re rescue
- Section 51D(3) - immunity lost where rescuer
acts in bad faith or with gross negligence