Case Study: Jack's Right to Bring a Claim Against Maeve

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Issue 1
The issue in this present case is whether Jack has a right to bring a claim against Maeve.
Rule
Under the common law regime, negligence can said to have committed when the person
who is alleged to have committed the negligence has a duty to exercise care and he has failed
to exercise that duty owing to which a harm or in jury has been committed to another person.
This can be best illustrated with the case of Donoghue v Stevenson 1932 AC 522.
The duty to exercise care can be said to have existed if the person upon whom such a duty
has been imposed by the law has the ability and scope of foreseeing such an injury would
result if that duty of care has not been adequately exercised. This can be illustrated with the
case of Chapman v Hearse (1961) 106 CLR 112. This case provides a test to ensure that the
action can be treated as a negligent action. If the action of a person has been questioned under
the law of negligence, the test requires the foreseeability of the action to be likely to cause
harm to another.
The main requirement that needs to established to bring a case under the purview of
negligence is the violation of a duty that has been incurred by a person and which has caused
a detriment or harm to another person. The first thing in this regard, that is required to be
analysed is the existence of a duty that a person has been imposed upon with. If the person
does not have any duty to exercise, the action of the person cannot be treated to be negligent.
this can be illustrated with the case of Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850. Another test that can
be applied by the courts in deciding a case of negligence is the case of Caparo Industries PLC
v Dickman [1990] UKHL 2, which requires a duty to be foreseeable, fair and just, direct
connection between the breach and the injury caused.

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The duty that has been pertained to the person is required to be contravened. The
awareness of the person regarding the injury that his actions has may cause will not be taken
into account. The mere commission of the breach and the mere presence of the duty has the
effect of rendering an action to be negligent. This can be illustrated with the case of
Doubleday v Kelly [2005] NSWCA 151.
The breach of duty needs to cause an injury to another person. The causation of an injury
is required to be established to claim damages under the law of negligence. The negligent
person will only be held guilty if his actions can be proved to have effected an injury to
another person. The same can be explained with the case of Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks
Co [1856] Ex Ch 781.
In the case of Constantine v Imperial Hotels Ltd [1944] KB, it has been held that the
damage or injury needs to be established while claiming remedy under the negligence.
Moreover, the person seeking damages will also be required to prove the close connection
between the injury so caused and the action alleged to be negligent. The same can be
illustrated with the case of Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital Management Committee
[1968] 2 WLR 422.
Again, the damages that has been claimed against the person committing the negligent act
can be reduced, if it can be proved that the person who has been injured has contributed to
such an injury. This situation is regarded as the contributory negligence and the amount by
which the damages will be reduced, depends upon the proportion to which the aggrieved has
contributed to the same. The same can be illustrated with the case of Butterfield v. Forrester
11 East. 60, 103 Eng. Rep. 926 [K.B. 1809].