Damage (OCR A-Level Law): Quizzes
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What is the third essential element of a negligence claim?
What is the third essential element of a negligence claim?
Actual damage
What two requirements must be satisfied for damage to be legally recoverable in negligence?
What two requirements must be satisfied for damage to be legally recoverable in negligence?
Causation and remoteness
What does the 'but for' test ask?
What does the 'but for' test ask?
Would harm have occurred without breach?
In Barnett v Chelsea Hospital, why did the claim fail despite the doctor's breach of duty?
In Barnett v Chelsea Hospital, why did the claim fail despite the doctor's breach of duty?
Patient would have died anyway
What principle did The Wagon Mound (1961) establish about remoteness of damage?
What principle did The Wagon Mound (1961) establish about remoteness of damage?
Type of damage must be foreseeable
In Hughes v Lord Advocate, what aspect of harm needed to be foreseeable for liability?
In Hughes v Lord Advocate, what aspect of harm needed to be foreseeable for liability?
The general type of harm
What does the thin-skull rule require defendants to do?
What does the thin-skull rule require defendants to do?
Take victims as they find them
In Smith v Leech Brain, what was the defendant liable for despite it being unforeseeable?
In Smith v Leech Brain, what was the defendant liable for despite it being unforeseeable?
The extent of harm (cancer death)
What must be reasonably foreseeable for damage not to be too remote?
What must be reasonably foreseeable for damage not to be too remote?
The kind or type of damage
What is a novus actus interveniens?
What is a novus actus interveniens?
A new intervening act