Law of Negligence Assignment
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ContentsSolution.......................................................................................................................................................3Issues.......................................................................................................................................................3Issue 1..................................................................................................................................................3Rule 1..................................................................................................................................................3Duty of care.........................................................................................................................................3Application 1.......................................................................................................................................3Conclusion 1........................................................................................................................................3Issue 2..................................................................................................................................................3Rule 2..................................................................................................................................................3Breach of duty of care.........................................................................................................................3Application 2.......................................................................................................................................4Conclusion 2........................................................................................................................................4Issue 3..................................................................................................................................................4Rule 3..................................................................................................................................................4Resultant damage.................................................................................................................................4Application 3.......................................................................................................................................4Conclusion 3........................................................................................................................................4Issue 4..................................................................................................................................................4Rule 4..................................................................................................................................................4Application 4.......................................................................................................................................5Conclusion 4........................................................................................................................................5Issue 5..................................................................................................................................................5Rule 5..................................................................................................................................................5Application 5.......................................................................................................................................5Conclusion 5........................................................................................................................................5Reference List.............................................................................................................................................62
SolutionIssuesIssue 1Is there duty of care imposed upon Michelle?Rule 1In Negligence a person is said to be liable when it is proved that he had upon him a duty of careand he breached the duty and due to the said breach, an injury is caused to any third party. So themain elements of negligence are duty of care, its breach and injury to the third party. (Latimer,2012)Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) led to development of law of negligence wherein the three mainelements of negligence was rightly developed by Lord Atkin. Grant v Australian Knitting Mills(1936) also emphasis that all the essential ingredients must be comply with. (Tomasic et al,2002)Duty of care Duty of care implies the duty of the performer to act in a way so that his acts do not causedamage to the plaintiff. The duty is towards all such persons who are in proximity of theperformer and are likely to be affected by his acts, thus, the plaintiff must be neighboiur of theperformer. The neighborhood principal implies all persons who are likely to be affected by theact of the performer directly are his neighbors (Caparo Industries Plc v. Dickman[1990]. Also,the plaintiffs must be reasonable foreseeable to make him neighbor (Annetts v AustralianStations Pty Ltd(2002). (UWA, 2017)Application 1Michelle and Rebecca being friends drank wine together and Rebecca being aware that Michellewas too drunk assented to get in car. Though she told Michelle that she wanted to get down butat last Michelle crashed the car and Rebecca suffered injuries.It can be clearly assessed that Michelle had duty of care towards passenger, pedestrian etc andRebecca (co-passenger) and thus he must drive with all care. Rebecca is his neighbor as they are in proximate connection and Micelle can reasonably foreseethen any breach of duty will cause harm to her. Conclusion 1There is duty of care on Michelle. Issue 2Whether there is violation of duty of care by Michelle by not complying the standard of care?Rule 2Breach of duty of careDuty of care is said to be breached when such duty is not followed by the performer. When thelevel of care and the type of care that should had been taken is not taken by the performer of the3
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