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Hobbs Giroday Podcast Episode 11

In this episode David Hobbs explains the concept of negligence; how it’s defined, what constitutes negligence, and what’s required to prove negligence in court.

Hobbs Giroday Podcast featuring David Hobbs

Negligence

With  David Hobbs

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Show Notes Episode 11:

  • Hundreds of years ago, basis of suing was driven by contracts or government made law (statutes).
  • In the last hundred years the law of negligence arose in response to limited scope of availability to sue for certain types of events.
  • Common law created the concept of duty of care.
  • The duty is not driven by a contract or a statute, it’s because the common law recognizes in certain circumstances people owe a duty of care to ensure they behave safely and not harm fellow citizens.
  • If you breach the standard of care or standard of practice, this is the definition of negligence.
  • Negligence requires causing an injury (to property or a person).
  • If you don’t cause any harm, it’s not considered to be negligence.
  • Professional negligence refers to professional people who are paid because they have a particular skill (doctors, engineers etc).
  • The law has long concluded that professionals  owe you a duty of care, or an expected standard of practice. If they fall below that standard and cause you harm then they are seen as being negligent.
  • Causation is essential to proving negligence.  This can be complicated to determine and prove.
  • David explains various damages and expert witnesses.

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