Magnitude of the risk- includes the chance of the damage occuring and potential seriousness
Bolton v Stone 1951- 'the existence of some risk is an ordinary incident of life, even when all due care has been, as it must be, taken'. (case where cricket balls were hit out of ground.
Miller v Jackson 1977- golf balls.
Practicalities/cost of protecting against the risk- the magnitude of the risk versus the costs and trouble of eliminating it.
Latimer v AEC Ltd1953- only had to take reasonable precautions to make factory safe, no need to go to great expense to eliminate any possible risk.
Social utility/social benefit- Tomlinson v Congleton 2004- the benefit of having a public park outweighed the obvious dangers of the lake in it. Watt v Hertfordshire CC 1954 and Scout Association v Barnes 2010.
Compensation Act 2006 S1- deterrent effect of potential liability: basically put this in statute.
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