Read the following cases as you prepare the associated topics. Be sure to focus your reading with regard to the associated topic.
Duty:
Barret v. Ministry for Defence [1995] 3 All E.R. 87
Glencar Explorations v. Mayo County Council, [2001] 1 I.L.R.M 481 (SC).
Breslin v. Corcoran & The Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland [2003] I.E.S.C. 23.
Curley v. Mannion [1965] IR 543.
Standard of Care: Reasonable in the Circumstances
Paris v. Stepney, B.C., [1951] A.C. 367
Whooley v. Dublin Corporation [1961] I.R. 60.
Fortune v. P.E. Jacob & Co. Ltd [1976-77] ILRM 277.
Dunne v. National Maternity Hospital [1989] I.R. 91.
Statutory Duty:
Gallagher v. Mogul of Ireland Ltd [1975] IR 204.
Gorris v. Scott (1874) LR 9 Exch 125
Cause in Fact
Kenny v. O’Rourke [1972] I.R. 339 (SC)
Geoghegan v. Harris [2000] 3 I.R. 536.
Legal Causation
Breslin v. Corcoran & The Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland [2003] 2 I.R. 203 (SC).
RL v. The Minister for Health & Children [2001] 1 IR 745
Eggshell:
Burke v. John Paul & Co. [1967] I.R. 277
Damages:
Reddy v. Bates [1983] I.R. 141 (SC)
Cooke v. Walsh [1984] I.L.R.M. 208
Shortt v. The Commissioner of the Garda & the AG [2007] I.E.S.C. 9.