LAW1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Daryl Dawson, London Electricity Board, Endangerment
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The defendant must have owed a duty of care to the plaintiff; The defendant must have breached the duty; The defendant(cid:495)s breach of duty must have caused damage, of a legally. The damage must not have been too remote. recognized kind, to the plaintiff; Situations in respect of which it is settled law that a duty of care exists; Car drivers owe a duty of care to other road users. Situations in respect of which it is settled law that no duty of care exists; Situations in which there is no settled law telling us whether or not a duty of care exists. It must be reasonably foreseeable, that if the defendant did not take reasonable care, there would be a risk that the plaintiff would be harmed that was not fanciful or far-fetched. It is not necessary that there be reasonable foreseeability with regard to the precise sequence of events that caused the harm in question.