Unit 8 of Law of Torts, Motor Accident Claims and Consumer Protection (syllabus: Negligence). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What must a plaintiff prove in an action for negligence?
- When does the accident itself prove negligence?
- Who bears the loss when the injured person was partly to blame, or when two others were?
- When is a doctor negligent?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Leading cases
- Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi v Subhagwanti
- Khenyei v New India Assurance Company Ltd
- Jacob Mathew v State of Punjab
Full case summaries
- Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1992)
- Spring v Guardian Assurance plc (1994)
- Anns v Merton London Borough Council (1977)
- Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd (1970)
- Hughes v Lord Advocate (1963)
- Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board (2015)
- Murphy v Brentwood District Council (1990)
- McLoughlin v O'Brian (1982)
- Roe v Minister of Health (1954)
- State of Andhra Pradesh v Challa Ramkrishna Reddy (2000)
- V. Kishan Rao v Nikhil Super Speciality Hospital (2010)