Goodwill v British Pregnancy Advisory Service 1996
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care – Negligence. Main arguments in this case: A duty of care cannot exist if there is no proximity and foreseeabilty…. Read more »
Category: Tort Law
Tort of negligence: what is duty of care?
Negligence in tort is made up of three elements and to prove that someone was negligent, the three elements need to be established. The three elements include; 1. Duty of… Read more »
Chaudhry v Prabhakar 1988: Free advice can cost you.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care – pure economic loss Main arguments in this case: A duty of care can arise if the advice given by… Read more »
Ready Mixed Concrete v Minister of Pensions 1968: who is an employee?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Vicarious liability – Employment law. Main arguments in this case: Who is an employee and who is a self-employed person? The Ready Mixed… Read more »
Pure psychiatric harm: who is a primary victim?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Psychiatric harm – Negligence Main arguments in this case: Who is a primary victim in psychiatric harm? In terms of psychiatric harm, a… Read more »
Pure psychiatric harm: who is a secondary victim?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care – Negligence – psychiatric harm Main arguments in this case: Who is a secondary victim in psychiatric harm? Before we… Read more »
Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police (1999)
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care – Negligence – Psychiatric harm. Main arguments in this case: In some circumstances it is possible that the police owe… Read more »
Bourhill v Young (1943): foreseeability and duty of care.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Negligence – Foreseeability – Psychiatric harm Main arguments in this case: A defendant can only be liable if the rule of foreseeability is… Read more »
Pure psychiatric harm: what is it?
A pure psychiatric harm is a special form of negligence which causes a person to suffer mental anguish, or has the potential to inflict such mental harm without causing any… Read more »
White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (1998): psychiatric harm and rescuers.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Negligence – Psychiatric harm. Main arguments in this case: Can a rescuer be entitled to claim for psychiatric harm? The fact of the… Read more »