Negligence Duty of Care in UK Law

  • Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 28 Mayo 1963
    ... ... and in breach of the Respondents' duty to exercise care in giving them. In his judgment ... Heller was guilty of negligence in giving such a reference without making ... ...
  • McLoughlin v O'Brian
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Mayo 1982
    ... ... car was caused by the respondents' negligence. It is necessary to state what followed in full ... authorities, that the respondents owed no duty of care to the appellant because the possibility ... ...
  • M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
    • House of Lords
    • 29 Junio 1995
    ... ... to the careless performance of a statutory duty I propose to add a few words of my own ... lie if the act is performed with reasonable care. If, on the other hand, the authorised act is ... has authorised, if it be done without negligence, although it does occasion damage to anyone: but ... ...
  • Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
    • Supreme Court
    • 08 Febrero 2018
    ... ... this appeal is whether the officers owed a duty of care to Mrs Robinson. The other important ... -established principles of the law of negligence. The fact that the issues have reached this court ... ...
  • ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two Other Actions (1st Appeal) ARBUTHNOTT and Others v FAGAN and FELTRIM UNDERWRITING AGENCIES Ltd and Others and Two
    • House of Lords
    • 25 Julio 1994
    ... ... of underwriting, to exercise reasonable care and skill in relation to such underwriting ... , or in tort, or for breach of fiduciary duty. But that is not in fact the case. In the case of ... further that liability may arise in negligence in respect of pure economic loss which is not ... ...
  • Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Mayo 1970
    ... ... Office or these Borstal officers owed any duty of care to the Respondents capable of giving rise ... a number of separate torts involving negligence each with its own rules, and they were most ... ...
  • Murphy v Brentwood District Council
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Julio 1990
    ... ... 7 The person to whom the duty is owed is an owner or occupier of the house who ... a common law duty to take reasonable care that plans should conform with byelaws or ... were liable to the plaintiff in negligence under the principle of Anns v. Merton London ... ...
  • Caparo Industries Plc v Dickman
    • House of Lords
    • 08 Febrero 1990
    ... ... the accounts in April and May 1984, owed a duty of care to investors and potential investors, and ... within the ambit of the tort of negligence, but sufficiently distinct to require separate ... ...
  • Barber v Somerset County Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 Febrero 2002
    ... ... a circuit judge awarded damages for negligence against the claimants' employers after the ... an analysis of the nature of the legal duty imposed on employers in cases of this kind (paras ... well as for drivers, manufacturers, health care professionals and many others whose carelessness ... ...
  • D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Julio 2003
    ... ... Respondents (2) Dewsbury Health Care Nhs Trust and Kirklees Metropolitan Council ... case the primary case is advanced in negligence. In each case, preliminary issues have been , including whether any duty of care was owed to the claimant or claimants. In ... ...
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