LAWS1061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wyong Shire, Nervous Shock In English Law, Eggshell Skull
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Class 7: breach of duty the reasonable person. Class 8: breach of duty rf of risk of injury and the calculus of negligence. Class 9: causation the (cid:858)(cid:271)ut fo(cid:396)(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)-sense test. Class 11: causation the test of remoteness. Class 13: defences: voluntary assumption of risk and dangerous. Class 15: damages: general principles and economic damages. Class 16: damages: gratuitous care and non-economic damages. By this stage, liability has been established: defences, vicarious liability, damages. There are three tests for breach of duty: standard of care: who is the reasonable person, children (mchale, mental illness (carrier, extra skill (imbree, professional (s5o and s 5p of cla, rogers) [statutory authority (s41, s42, s43 of cla): easo(cid:374)a(cid:271)le fo(cid:396)eseea(cid:271)ility of a (cid:396)isk of i(cid:374)ju(cid:396)y (cid:858)(cid:374)ot i(cid:374)sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t(cid:859) (5b, shirt, calculus of negligence, probability (dederer, gravity (paris, burden of taking precautions (woods, social utility (e v red cross) Standard of care the reasonable person (class 7)
