[C]
areerInLaw
.net
Case Library
Subjects
Study Guides
Study Ladder
About
Log in
Sign up free
Tort
Negligence: Breach of Duty
Level 1: Recognition · Question 1 of 2
Which statement best captures the classic definition of negligent breach set out in Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks Co (1856)?
A.
Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable person, guided by the ordinary considerations that regulate human affairs, would do, or the doing of something a prudent and reasonable person would not do.
B.
A defendant is judged by the standard of the most careful and skilful member of the community.
C.
A defendant is judged by their own honest best efforts, given their individual capacities and experience.
D.
A defendant is liable only where they intended the harmful consequence to occur.