Business & Corporate Law

   

Added on  2022-11-26

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BUSINESS & CORPORATE LAW
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Part A
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ISSUE
Whether jenny can successfully sue
the Hunter Bus line for damages for
her injury and for the loss of
enjoyment of her holiday.
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RULE
To establish a claim under negligence, claimant must
prove that his claim include all the essential elements
to constitute Negligence as held in
Donoghue v
Stevenson [1932] AC 562.
A person would be charged with negligence only when:
• a) he had a duty of care towards another;
• b) he failed to carry out such duty and hence there is a
breach of duty of care;
• c) such breach caused an injury to another person;
• d) such event causing the injury was foreseeable;
• e) the person causing the injury and the aggrieve person
were in a proximate relation to foresee the risk.
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