Tort

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Decks in this class (12)

Tort - Vicarious Liability
Reasons for vicarious liability,
Elements of vicarious liability,
Control test
29  cards
Tort - Employer's Primary Liability
Employer s primary duty of care i...,
Employer s duty to provide safe p...,
Single duty
22  cards
Tort - Clinical Negligence
Duty of care between doctor and p...,
Once emergency treatment has been...,
No general duty to assist
27  cards
Nuisance
Definition of private nuisance,
Claimant must have a legal intere...,
Creator of nuisance can be sued
61  cards
Defamation
Definition of defamation,
Pictures statues chalk marks cari...,
Material on internet is libel
53  cards
Trespass to the Person
Battery must be committed intenti...,
There must be a direct act for th...,
The least touching of another in ...
24  cards
Duty of Care
Caparo v dickman,
Police liable for operations,
Police not liable for policy fail...
20  cards
Standard of Care
Defendant must behave as a reason...,
The man on the clapham omnibus,
Reasonable man is not the paragon...
17  cards
Breach
If defendant can show he has acte...,
Court can rule that the common pr...,
Magnitude of risk
9  cards
Tort - Causation
But for test,
Independent causes but for test,
Cumulative causes material contri...
16  cards
Tort - Remoteness of Damage
Claimant can only recover if he c...,
Farm worker contracting rare dise...,
Injury from exposure to cold fore...
7  cards
General Defences
Volenti criteria,
Plaintiff accepted lift with drun...,
Voluntary consent is in addition ...
34  cards

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