Practice question · Numerical answer
How many dimensions does the objective duty of care classically have?
Hints
- One of them is about noticing.
- An internal one and an external one.
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2
Why
Two: the internal duty to notice the danger, and the external duty to behave as noticing it requires. The split explains cases that otherwise look inconsistent. Someone who never realised there was a risk can still be negligent, because the first duty was to realise it, and inattention is a breach in its own right rather than an excuse.
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