NEGLIGENCE CASES

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Blyth negligence is the failure to do something...
Donoghue v Stevenson neighbour principle - reasonable care so as not to harm your neighbour - proximity element
Anns v Merton BC 2 stage test for duty - reasonable foreseeability thru relationship of proximity - if above exists and there are no other considerations against duty then a duty exists
Caparo v Dickman 3 stage test for duty - harm r. foreseeable - proximate relationship - to impose a duty would be just
Vaughan v Menlove breach of duty is where d does not meet the standard of the reasonable man - Clapham omnibus
Condon v basi obj. test is variable - amateur football player not held to standard of first division
Nettleship v Weston obj. test is variable - learner driver held to standard of fully qualified driver
Wilsher v Essex med. prof. - if d meets standard of reasonable person in profession there is no breach - same for trainees
Bolam v Friern where divided opinion within medical prof. d will not automatically be found in breach for following one not the other
Bolitho med. prof. - opinion per Bolam must be rooted in logic
Blake v Galloway standard of care in horseplay is to be no breach unless d is very highly careless or reckless
Mullin v Richards a child is not held to the standard of an adult - age matters
Roberts v Ramsbottom inconsistent approach if d's conduct is as a result of illness - here d could have pulled over earlier after stroke
Mansfield v Weetabix illness - here d had no history of blackouts - no breach found
Roe v Minister of Health reasonable factors 1. likelihood of harm - d was unaware of possibility of harm from syringe - no breach
Bolton v Stone 5 times in 30 years is low probability of cricket ball related harm
Haley v London Electricity Board likely that blind man would walk down street unaided
Paris v Stepney BC factor 2. the more serious the foreseeable harm the more likely d is in breach - blind in one eye now blind in both
Wagon Mound No. 2 likelihood low but seriousness should harm occur was very high - prevention would have cost nothing
Latimer v AEC factor 3 - cost of prevention d had done everything short of closing factory - no breach
Watt v Hertfordshire factor 4 - utility of d's conduct in an emergency situation the utility outweighed the need for precautions
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