In English tort law, there can be no liability in negligence unless the claimant establishes both that they were owed a duty of care by the defendant...

EWCA Civ 533, [1998] Ch 1 (24 July 1996), Court of Appeal (England and Wales). "Breach of Fiduciary Duty Law & Legal Definition". Legal Definitions Legal...

Breach of confidence in English law is an equitable doctrine that allows a person to claim a remedy when their confidence has been breached. A duty of...

In English tort law, an individual may owe a duty of care to another, in order to ensure that they do not suffer any unreasonable harm or loss. If such...

of care imposed by law that the defendant has breached. In turn, breaching a duty may subject an individual to liability. The duty of care may be imposed...

Tort law may also be contrasted with contract law, which provides civil remedies after breach of a duty that arises from a contract. Obligations in both...

voluntary obligation, contrasting to the duty to not violate others rights in tort or unjust enrichment. English law places a high value on ensuring people...

is an English Court of Appeal judgment dealing with the breach of duty in negligence claims. In this case the court had considered the question of the standard...

to be exercised in similar circumstances. Within the scope of tort law, negligence pertains to harm caused by the violation of a duty of care through a...

a close similarity between a breach of contract and a delict, in that both are civil wrongs and may give rise to a duty to pay damages as compensation...

and damage. For these purposes, liability in negligence is established when there is a breach of the duty of care owed by the defendant to the claimant...

issues in establishing that there was a duty of care and that that duty was breached, remoteness is designed as a further limit on a cause of action to...

obstruction before breach of the peace is imminent. An example of a valid citizens arrest to prevent breach of the peace was where an off duty constable bundled...

prevalent in insurance law, when the insurer's breach of the implied covenant may give rise to a tort action known as insurance bad faith. The advantage of tort...

of breach of confidence is, in United States law, a common-law tort that protects private information conveyed in confidence. A claim for breach of confidence...

person breaches a duty of care owed to another. The main elements of negligence are: A duty of care (see Donoghue v Stevenson) Breach of that duty (see...

of the English kings and their retainers. A breach of the king's peace, which could be either a crime or a tort, was a serious matter. The concept of...

establishing that a duty of care is owed by the defendant to the claimant, and that the defendant is in breach of that duty. The standard test of breach is whether...

harm must arise from that failure. There is no general duty of disclosure in English contract law, and one is normally not obliged to say anything. Ordinary...

Modern libel and slander laws in many countries are originally descended from English defamation law. The history of defamation law in England is somewhat...

concurring opinion. Delict English tort law Breach of duty in English law [1957] 1 WLR 582 Buckley, Richard A. (2017). The Law of Negligence and Nuisance...

development of an independent tort of privacy. In the absence of a common law right to privacy in English law torts such as the equitable doctrine breach of confidence...

party, where the defendant's breach of contract or of the duty of care for the purposes of negligence deprived the claimant of the opportunity to obtain...

the part of the defendant not to inflict nervous shock upon the claimant; A breach of that duty, i.e. the defendant's actions or omissions in those circumstances...

surveillance, and the use of personal information by both government and corporate entities. Trespassing Laws focus on breaches of privacy rights related...

of duty of care, common law negligence Breach of promise, a former common law tort Breach of the peace, a legal term used in constitutional law in English-speaking...

mistake in treatment. By contrast, a duty to rescue law requires people to offer assistance and holds those who fail to do so liable. Good Samaritan laws may...

fiduciary to claims for breaching a duty of care. The duty of care owed by trustees and fiduciaries has its partner in the common law of negligence, and was...

procedure, and codifying common law torts. As in other common law jurisdictions, a tort is breach of a non-contractual duty which has caused damage to the...

the award, the claimant must show that a breach of duty has caused foreseeable loss. To be recognized at law, the loss must involve damage to property...