1. What is the key concept of negligence in tort law?
2. Which statement matches the topic "Elements of negligence: duty of care, breach, and damage"?
3. Who formulated the legal concept of duty of care as an obligation to foreseeably injure one's neighbour?
Negligence — definition?
A tort where fault causes injury or damage.
Elements of negligence?
Duty of care, breach, and damage.
Duty of care — concept?
Legal obligation to avoid foreseeable harm.
Neighbourhood Principle — origin?
Donoghue v Stevenson (1932).
Caparo test — components?
Foreseeability, proximity, fair, just, and reasonable.
Foreseeability — case example?
Kent v Griffiths; ambulance delay foreseeable harm.
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