A2 Key Tort Cases

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Watson v British Boxing Board of Control (2000)
Watson was left severely brain damaged when, due to the negligence of the BBBC, there were inadequate medical facilities at a boxing match organised by them. BBBC owed Watson a duty of care to ensure appropriate medical facilities were present.
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Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (1990)
The police were sued by the mother of the last victim of the Yorkshire Ripper for their failure to catch him before he killed the victim. Police do not owe a duty of care to ordinary members of the public. Leads to Defensive policing
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Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria (1999)
The police failed to protect The claimant after she had given evidence about a criminal to them and as a result she suffered severe mental injuries and lost her business. Police do owe a duty to those where they have accepted responsibility.
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Capital and Countries plc v Hampshire County Council (1997)
The Fire service turned off the sprinkler system in the building via attended, allowing a fire to get out of control And destroying the building with its contents. The Fire service will owe a duty of care where they take negligent but positive acts.
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Kent v Griffiths (2000)
Due to an unexplained delay by the ambulance service in attending an emergency call, a patient suffers more severe injuries. The ambulance service where subject to a duty of care when they accepted an emergency call.
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Spartan Steel v Martin (1972)
Due to a workman’s negligence an electricity cable was severed causing a factory to stop production. A claim could be made for goods damaged and loss of profits on those goods, but not for the loss whilst the factory was closed.
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McLoughlin v O’Brian (1982)
A mother suffered shock when she saw her family in hospital in an aftermath of an accident. A claim can be made for those who have close ties of love and affection to V. Or who are within the immediate aftermath.
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Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (1991)
Families of the hillsborough victims suffered shock after learning that family members have died in the tradgedy. A claim for nervous shock can only be carried out by those who class as primary or secondary victims
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White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (1999)
Claims for nervous shock where made by police officers in duty at the hillsborough grounds. Rescuers can only claim nervous shock if they feared for their own safety
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Nettleship v Weston (1971)
Due to the negligence of a learner driver, her instructor was injured. A learner is treated at the same standard as an experienced person.
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Bolton v Stone (1951)
A woman was injured by a cricket ball hit out of the ground. The cricket club had taken all necessary precautions bearing in mind the brisk and had not breached its duty of care.
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Latimer v AEG (1952)
After a flood, factory owners spread sawdust on the floor and required their workers to return to work. The owners had taken all necessary precautions to make the factory safe if taking into account the risk, and they had not breached there duty.
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Mullen v Richards (1998)
In a play fight, eagle was injured when the plastic ruler split and damaged her eye. Children are to be treated as children not as adults.
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Paris v Stepney Borough Council (1951)
A workman was blinded when his employers failed to provide him with goggles when welding. The claimant was particularly vulnerable and the employers should have provided him with extra protection.
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Watt v Hertfordshire County Council (1954)
The claimant fireman was injured when on the way to an emergency. Greater risks can be taken when dealing with emergencies.
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Bolam v Frien Barney Hospital Management Committee (1957)
The claimant was injured when receiving ECT For treating mental illness. There was no breach of duty by the doctor, who should be judged according to the standard of what others in the profession would have done.
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Miller v Jackson (1977)
A family claimed that cricket balls hit into their garden from an adjoining ground amounted to a nuisance. The public benefit of using the cricket ground outweighed the disadvantage to the individual householders.
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The police were sued by the mother of the last victim of the Yorkshire Ripper for their failure to catch him before he killed the victim. Police do not owe a duty of care to ordinary members of the public. Leads to Defensive policing

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Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (1990)

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The police failed to protect The claimant after she had given evidence about a criminal to them and as a result she suffered severe mental injuries and lost her business. Police do owe a duty to those where they have accepted responsibility.

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The Fire service turned off the sprinkler system in the building via attended, allowing a fire to get out of control And destroying the building with its contents. The Fire service will owe a duty of care where they take negligent but positive acts.

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Card 5

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Due to an unexplained delay by the ambulance service in attending an emergency call, a patient suffers more severe injuries. The ambulance service where subject to a duty of care when they accepted an emergency call.

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