AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Negligence
Establishing a Duty of Care
- 4 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
Recall questions on the neighbour principle and the case that established it, and on the first limb of Caparo and where it comes from.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
In which case was the Caparo test established?
What is the 'floodgates argument' as a public policy factor in determining whether a duty of care is fair, just and reasonable?
Which case established the neighbour principle, and what does foreseeability ask?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What does the 'neighbour' principle in negligence establish regarding to whom a duty of care is owed?
Model answer
A person owes a duty of care to those who are so closely and directly affected by their act that they ought reasonably to have them in contemplation when directing their mind to the acts or omissions in question.
- 2
In which case was the neighbour principle established?
Model answer
Donoghue v Stevenson (1932).
- 3
What is the first element of the Caparo three-part test for establishing a duty of care?
Model answer
Foreseeability of harm.
- 4
In which case was the Caparo test established?
Model answer
Caparo Industries plc v Dickman (1990).
- 5
What question does foreseeability ask in the Caparo test?
Model answer
Whether a reasonable person in the defendant's position would have foreseen that their conduct might cause harm to the claimant.
- 6
What does proximity refer to in the Caparo test?
Model answer
The closeness of the relationship between the parties, which may be physical, temporal, or relational.
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