Dec 20, 20221 minTort Cases: Bourhill v Young [1943] AC 92The claimant was a pregnant woman. She got off a tram and as she reached to get her basket off the tram, the defendant drove his...
Dec 20, 20221 minTort Cases: Nettleship v Weston [1971] 2 QB 691The case of Nettleship v Weston1 concerned the concept of a duty of care which is a fundamental element of the tort of negligence....
Dec 20, 20221 minTort Cases: Kent v Griffiths [2000] 2 WLR 1158 Court of AppealThe claimant was having an asthma attack. Her doctor attended her home and called for an ambulance at 16.25. The ambulance, which was...
Dec 20, 20221 minTort Cases: Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1987] UKHL 12, [1989] AC 53The House of Lords unanimously struck out the claim as disclosing no justiciable cause of action, upholding the decision of the judge at...
Dec 20, 20221 minTort Cases: Caparo Industries pIc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605Caparo Industries PLC v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2 is a test for a duty of care. The House of Lords, following the Court of Appeal, set out a...
Dec 20, 20221 minTort Cases: Rylands v Fletcher [1868] LR 3 HL 330 Liability under Rylands v Fletcher is is a leading decision by the House of Lords regarded as a particular type of negligence. It is a...