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    DUTY OF CARE A Tort is a civil wrong‚ which is an action brought to enforce‚ redress or protect rights or noncriminal litigation. There are many Torts‚ however‚ of importance is Negligence. Negligence is the failure to do something a person of ordinary prudence would do. Negligence protect against personal injury‚ damage to property and economic loss. In order to establish negligence four elements must be established. Firstly‚ the plaintiff must prove that a duty of care was owed. Secondly‚ the

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    In tort law‚ a duty of care is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. The claimant must be able to show a duty of care imposed by law which the defendant has breached. In turn‚ breaching a duty may subject an individual to liability. The duty of care may be imposed by operation of

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    DUTY OF CARE Duty of Care The legal definition for the term ‘Duty of Care’ means that person acts towards others and the public with watchfulness‚ attention‚ caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the same circumstances would. If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care then their acts are considered negligent and any damages resulting may be claimed in a lawsuit for negligence. ‘Duty of Care’ means that whilst we are responsible for another persons wellbeing we must

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    courts have established that for negligent conduct to be actionable‚ there must be a duty to take care resting on the defendant‚ which must be breached‚ which must cause damage‚ where the damage must not be too remote form the breach. These requirements carry significant policy controls : of autonomy‚ causation‚ foreseeability and proximity which will be discussed in due course. The courts first recognised such a duty in Hevan v Pender though it was in Donoghue v Stevenson that the law of negligence

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    Duty of care- when caring for people that are able and capable of doing things on their own but are in your care. If there is a basketball session and the floor is not dry or hasn’t been dried properly and a child slips and has an injury the person that is caring for the child in the session can be sued for negligence. It’s the duty of the carer to make sure it’s safe to play in a certain activity. Higher duty of care- is for people that are less able of doing basic things daily on their own (young

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    Unit SHC24 duty of care Denise Keable Outcome 1 1.1 duty of care n. a requirement that a person act toward others and the public with watchfulness‚ attention‚ caution and prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances would. If a person’s actions do not meet this standard of care‚ then the acts are considered negligent‚ and any damages resulting may be claimed in a lawsuit for negligence. Taken from The Free Dictionary by Farlex 2. I need to ensure that I take into consideration

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    The duty of care and the search for certainty: Sullivan v Moody‚ Cooper v Hobart‚ and problems in the South Pacific. Andrew Barker In this article‚ Andrew Barker‚ from the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago‚ considers two recent decisions on the duty of care in negligence: Sullivan v Moody‚ from the High Court of Australia‚ and Cooper v Hobart‚ from the Supreme Court of Canada. In these decisions‚ the two courts have re-evaluated their approach to the duty of care in negligence‚ and suggested

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    Duty of Care: GELERAL Week 2::Seminar 2 This concept is based on three proof of elements‚ its ingredients are – A legal Duty of D towards the C to exercise care in such conduct of D as falls within the scope of the duty‚ Breach of that Duty means failure to come up to the standard required by law & Consequential damage to C which can be attributed to D’s conduct. Duty of Care General: Duty is the primary control device which allows the courts to keep liability for negligence within what

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    ```` Samantha Macdonald Unit 12 : principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care‚ or children’s and young people’s settings Duty of Care Lord Atkin defined the duty of care when he gave judgement in the case of Donoghue v Stephenson (House of Lords 1932 relating to a case of a “snail” found in ginger beer sold to a customer” ). He said that: "You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour.

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    Negligence: The duty of care Introduction The tort of negligence has a role in providing compensation for those who have suffered through the actions of another. A negligent act can be summarised as failing to do something that should be done or doing something that should be carried out in another manner or not at all. When determining if an act is negligent‚ a number of basic principles are called upon in order to establish whether a duty of care is owed and if so‚ by whom. Reasonable Man In

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