LAW 1507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Contributory Negligence, Rebuttable Presumption

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DEFENCES AND DAMAGES TO NEGLIGENCE

Was the harm caused by an act or an omission? Consider before duty of care

Was there a special relationship?

Contributory negligence process in lecture slides

CLA- 46 (1) Presumption of contributory negligence when injured person is

intoxicated but it’s a rebuttable presumption because on the facts the intoxicated

person of the injured person may not have caused the accident

Negligence say ‘but for this person’s actions this actions would not have occurred’

or vice versa

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