Law of Torts
Topic 7 – Breach of Duty
,In this session:
• Standard of Care
• Ordinary Objective Standard
• Higher Professional Standard
• Standards for Learners
• Determining which Standard
• Breach of that Standard
• Critiques of the Law on Breach
, Recap
We have so far addressed duty of care in multiple situations.
Established duties, e.g. of doctors to patients
Special duties, where often the basic rule is that no duty exists but with
exceptions, e.g. omissions.
Now we move away from duty of care, to the second element of negligen
that of breach.
Topic 7 – Breach of Duty
,In this session:
• Standard of Care
• Ordinary Objective Standard
• Higher Professional Standard
• Standards for Learners
• Determining which Standard
• Breach of that Standard
• Critiques of the Law on Breach
, Recap
We have so far addressed duty of care in multiple situations.
Established duties, e.g. of doctors to patients
Special duties, where often the basic rule is that no duty exists but with
exceptions, e.g. omissions.
Now we move away from duty of care, to the second element of negligen
that of breach.
