Negligence is a tort which results when an individual breaches a duty of care they owed to someone else which leads to a loss of some kind.

In order for someone to be found liable for the tort of negligence, three conditions must be met:

• Duty of care: the defendant must have owed a duty of care to the claimant
• Breach of duty: the defendant must have breached that duty of care
• Resultant and foreseeable loss: the breach must have led to a loss on the claimant’s part, and that loss must have been foreseeable by the defendant

A landmark negligence case was Donoghue v Stevenson [1932], which gave rise to the neighbour principle.

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