Essays on Duty

Augeas Developments’ case scenario presents two problems for determination. The first is to understand whether or not the company could claim for negligence. Augeas must prove that it has a legitimate claim that is capable of redress under the tort of negligence. The second problem is whether or not it can successfully claim for both...

Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts offer an insight into two different notions of duty. The portrayal of these different extrapolations of duty are not only incompatible with each other, but part them in opposition to each other allows them to become understandable. Within the play, Pastor Manders is portrayed to hold an idealised notion of duty which...

1.2) Outline how duty of care might apply to the adult social care worker’s daily role. Duty of care might apply to the adult social workers in the following ways: – Safeguarding – The carers have a ‘duty of care’ in safeguarding the patients from any kind of abuse or injury. If they notice a...

In this essay I will be critically reviewing Lord Atkin’s dictum in Donoghue v Stevenson and exploring the extent to which the English courts have developed the law on the duty of care in the modern law of negligence. In the early 19th century the tort of negligence started to develop considerably, when liability for...