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ii. Breach of duty of care
▪ What is duty of care and why is it important?
➢ Breaching a duty of care is commonly known as the law of
negligence. A breach in the duty of care means one party that
has done something, or failed to do something, which may
result in injury to another and cause them to suffer a loss.
➢ If the harm was reasonably foreseeable (that is that a
reasonable person in the position of the person with the duty of
care ought to have known of the risk of injury or harm), then the
injured party may have a compensation claim.
