https://legal.excellentwiki.com/uk/tort-law/ Recent content in tort law on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/uk/tort-law/uk-tort-law/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/uk/tort-law/uk-tort-law/ <h2 id="the-tort-of-negligence">The Tort of Negligence</h2> <p>Negligence requires proof of a duty of care, breach of that duty, factual and legal causation, and damage not too remote.</p> <p><strong>Duty of Care.</strong> The modern law begins with <em>Donoghue v. Stevenson</em> [1932] AC 562, in which Lord Atkin articulated the neighbour principle: a duty is owed to persons so closely affected by one&rsquo;s acts that they ought to be in contemplation. The <em>Caparo</em> test (<em>Caparo Industries plc v. Dickman</em> [1990] 2 AC 605) requires foreseeable harm, proximity between the parties, and that it be fair, just, and reasonable to impose a duty. Liability for pure economic loss is confined to negligent misstatement where a special relationship of reliance exists (<em>Hedley Byrne &amp; Co Ltd v. Heller &amp; Partners Ltd</em> [1964] AC 465).</p>