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Negligence PDF Print E-mail
This is a Tort or “wrong”.To establish Negligence in the legal sense it is necessary to prove that the Defendant owed the Claimant a duty of care and that he breached that duty by failing to observe the standards of the reasonable person. If the Claimant succeeds, compensation will be in the form of damages. Negligence is always assessed having regards to the circumstances and to the standard of care that would reasonably be expected of a person in similar circumstances. Everybody has a duty to ensure that their actions do not cause harm to others (see also Contributory Negligence).