How to Ace FYLSE/2008 F Q1

Outline edit

Strict Liability edit

Ultrahazardous Activity edit

  1. Inherently dangerous.
  2. Uncommon to the geographic area.
  3. Cannot be made safe.
  4. Social utility vs. risk.

Negligence edit

Duty edit

Foreseeable plaintiff edit
Standard of Care edit
  • Anticipated Trespasser
  • Attractive nuisance
Foreseeable to have children trespassers
Unlikely to appreciate the danger
The cost to make safe outweighs the risk of harm

Breach edit

Causation edit

Actual Cause edit
Proximate cause edit
  • foreseeability
  • Intervening
  • superseding

Damage edit

Defenses edit

Assumption of Risk edit

Contributory Negligence= edit