General definition
The first element that must be decided in any case
Established duties
Duties established by the court
Dr/Patient
Employer/Employee
Manufacture /consumer
Teacher / student
road users/pedestrian/ other road users
service provider/ customer
Lawyer / client
Khan v Meadows
Khan v Meadows
Established duties by the court
Establishing a duty of care
Original case Donahue v stevenson established the neighbour principle
Neighbour principe
Holds that a person owes a duty of care to hoes closely and directly affected by their actions
Two part test
Established a broad test for determining the existence of a duty o care in the tort of negligence
Anns v Merton LBC
Anns v Merton LBC
Two part test
Murphy v Brentwood
Overruled Annes, the court overruled the decision with respect to a duty of care in english law
Three part test
Proximity of knowledge of who the report would have been communicated to and for what porpoises it would be used
Caparo v Dickman
Caparo v Dickman
3 part test
Current test
Clarified the liability of the police members of the public and established a new approach to determine weather a duty of care exists
Robinson v CCWYP
Robinson v CCWYP
Current pest