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