General
The lower civil court where claims below £25,000 are heard.
What is the county court?
The case of Donoghue and Stevenson.
Which case is the start of the modern law on negligence?
The case of Blythe v Proprietors of Birmingham Waterworks.
Which case introduced the objective method of testing when establishing breach.
Using the But For test?
How is factual causation measured?
Condon v Basi
What is the case involving participation in sports?
The superior civil court where more expensive negligence claims are heard.
What is the High court?
The Robinson test.
What is the starting point when trying to establish a Duty of Care?
The reasonable man.
What is the standard that must generally be met in order for a case of negligence not to be brought?
The case of Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee.
Which case was used to establish the but for test - an involves poisoning by arsenic?
Paris v Stepney
Which case involves the special characteristics of the defendant?
The burden of proof required to prove a case of negligence.
What is balance of probability?
Existing precedent, statutory authority or reason by analogy.
What are the three strands of The Robison Test?
Will all vary the standard depending on the class of the defendant.
What impact will the D's Age, Profession or Engaging in Sports have?
The Wagon Mound.
Which case is used to explain the idea of remoteness of damage?
Bolton v Stone
Which case involves the size of risk?
The claimant and the defendant.
What are the two parties in a negligence case called?
Nettleship v Weston
Which case the level of experience of the defendant is irrelevant in most instances?
The case of Mullin v Richards.
Which case involves two 15 year old girls fighting with plastic rulers?
Was the loss or damage reasonablty foreseeable.
What is the test for remoteness?
Latimer v AEC
Which case involves the practicality or cost of precautions?
From the French word for a wrong or harm.
Where does the word Tort come from?
1957 and 1984
What are the two years of the different Occupier's liability Act?
The acceptance that in some situations it is worth taking a risk as it leads to some good.
What is social utilty?
The case of Smith v Leech Brian & Co.
Which case is used for the thin skull rule?
An ant
Which animal has the largest brain in proportion to its body size?