Lesson One: Basic Negligence

In this tort law lesson we discuss how a claimant can bring a claim in negligence. The timestamps are as follows: 00:00 - Tort law all began with a snail in a bottle... 04:39 - Establishing a duty of care owed by the defendant. 12:12 - Does your teacher owe you a duty of care? 15:45 - When does the defendant breach their duty of care? 18:08 - Duty of care and breach problem scenarios. 24:35 - Risk factors relevant to judging whether a breach of a duty of care has occurred. 29:44 - Breach of duty and risk factors problem scenarios. 34:16 - Damage (i.e. causation) for establishing a claim of negligence. 38:39 - The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur - 'the thing speaks for itself' in causation. 40:28 - Damage (i.e. causation) problem scenarios. 45:48 - Defences to negligence (consent and contributory negligence).