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Outline the elements of the tort of negligence.
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Paul Whitby Thetford Adult Education Centre 18429 Component Code: 1177/3 Examination Session: 2000/2001 TORT, Outline the elements of the tort of negligence. List of Sources: See Page 5 (a) Outline the elements of the tort of negligence. Summary Negligence has been built up from decided cases over many years. All torts comprise of an infringement of a person's rights in the first instance, and must be due to someone else's negligence; fault, or intention. The two basic criteria establish whether or not a tort has been committed. However, these two requirements were too general and have been furthered into those requirements that are outlined below. 1. The first is the duty of care that must exist in the first instance and was established in Donoghue v. Stephenson (1932), which created the 'neighbour principal'. However, further to this it is reasonable to expect the negligent party to have been able to foresee that their act would be negligent, this was established in...
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