Statistics for Tort Law: Special Duty Problems

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What type of economic loss is a result of another harm?	Consequential	100%
What type of economic loss is a direct result of a harm?	Pure	100%
What are the Hedley Byrne principles	Advisor has voluntarily assumed risk	0%
Three criteria for when an omission is a DoC?	Assumption of responsibility	0%
When do PA's owe a DoC?	Causes direct physical harm	0%
What are the Alcock Control Mechanisms?	Class of persons (relationship to V)	0%
What are the Alcock Control Mechanisms?	Closeness of the claimant to the accident	0%
Three criteria for when an omission is a DoC?	Control	0%
Three criteria for when an omission is a DoC?	Creating or adopting risks	0%
What pieces of legislation are PA claims closely aligned with?	European Convention of Human Rights	0%
What pieces of legislation are PA claims closely aligned with?	Human Rights Act	0%
Which case closed the door on claims relating to defective products?	Murphy v Brentwood [1991]	0%
What are the Alcock Control Mechanisms?	Necessity and means of which shock is caused	0%
When do PA's owe a DoC?	Negligent exercising of powers makes a situation worse	0%
What type of omissions are not DoCs?	Pure omissions	0%
What are the Hedley Byrne principles	Reasonable reliance	0%
What are the Hedley Byrne principles	Reliance on advice	0%
What is a primary victim?	Someone in the zone of physical injury	0%
What is a secondary victim?	Someone who witnesses harm to another	0%
What are the Hedley Byrne principles	Special (fiduciary) relationship between	0%
What are the courts worried will 'fund' negligence?	Taxpayers money	0%
What case gave the arguments for reluctance to allow claims for pure psychiatric harm?	White v CC South Yorkshire [1998]	0%