L2 Handout NURS2035 24S1 Part 1 PDF
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This document provides an overview of legal concepts including objectives, negligence, and tort. It defines tort as a civil wrong.
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2/18/24 Objectives By the end of this lecture, you will be familiar with: q Duty of care q Statutory/Professional Negligence & Chain of Causation q Non-delegable duty of care q Vicarious liability 4 Negligence 5 Tort Tort q A tort is defined as a civil wrong made against a person or property q A wro...
2/18/24 Objectives By the end of this lecture, you will be familiar with: q Duty of care q Statutory/Professional Negligence & Chain of Causation q Non-delegable duty of care q Vicarious liability 4 Negligence 5 Tort Tort q A tort is defined as a civil wrong made against a person or property q A wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to legal liability q If a tort requires multiple factors (‘limbs’, ‘steps’, ‘elements’ or ‘criteria’) to be proved then failure to prove one ‘limb’ means the tort cannot be proved 6 2
