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The word ‘negligence’ may sometimes mean no more than the way in which trespass or some other tort is committed: or it may mean an independent tort. This chapter is about the latter meaning of the word and considers something which is called negligence but which is not merely carelessness. It will be seen that negligence is the complex concept of duty of care and the damage which is suffered as a result of a breach of that duty.
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© 1990 W. T. Major
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Major, W.T. (1990). The Tort of Negligence. In: Basic English Law. Macmillan Professional Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20588-2_7
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