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Politeknik Kota Bharu
2 types of duty of care:
▪ Standard care: A measure of what community
expects and demands from a person in a given
situation.
▪ Professional standard care: The standard care that a
person with professional skills and training is
required to exercise.
The Neighbor principle
▪ Donoghue v Stevenson (ginger-beer case)
▪ Formulated by Lord Atkin as follow:
▪ The rule is - You are to love your neighbor, you must
not injure your neighbor, you must take reasonable
care to avoid acts or omissions which reasonably
foresee may injured them.
▪ Who in law is a neighbor? A person who are so
closely and directly affected by my act.
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