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GENERAL DUTY CARE [8 records]

Record 1 2017-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Health Law
  • Ethics and Morals
CONT

... a duty not to harm ... is an undisputed, stringent moral requirement; it is the heart of law, morality and medical ethics.

CONT

It would appear that a minimal duty of care is owed to a patient when examining on behalf of a third party such as an insurer.... In general terms, the extent of this duty is considered to be limited to a duty not to harm or injure the patient during the course of the assessment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Éthique et Morale
CONT

[...] la solidarité entre humains impose le devoir de ne pas nuire au sujet et par extension, d'agir pour le bien-être des personnes.

CONT

[...] le respect de l'autonomie du patient n'a d'autre limite que l'obligation de ne pas nuire aux autres.

CONT

Dans cette affaire, il s'agissait de savoir si un enfant né avec plusieurs malformations à la suite d'un avortement manqué avait droit à des dommages-intérêts parce que le médecin avait manqué à son devoir de ne pas causer de préjudice au fœtus lorsqu'il a tenté d'interrompre la grossesse.

CONT

[...] l'obligation de ne pas causer de préjudice au patient doit prévaloir. Les professionnels de la santé doivent donc chercher des solutions permettant de servir la justice sans avoir à violer le secret professionnel [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The liability of occupiers hinges on the inveterate distinction... between activities creating risks of harm and the failure to take affirmative action to prevent harm.... the common law... was generally cool to the plea that anyone should be obliged to exert himself on behalf of another, at least in the absence of some corresponding benefit. This factor goes far to explain the erstwhile reluctance to expose occupiers to the discipline of a general duty of care....(However) the mere fact that the defendant happens to be an occupier does not mean his duties are necessarily and exclusively defined by his "occupancy" duties : they may well be augmented by a general duty of care as the result of some additional factor colouring his relationship to the plaintiff...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
CONT

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

OBS

Technical sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé
OBS

prochain : : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

critère du prochain : : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The doctor's general duty of care includes the duty not only to exercise due skill and competence in diagnosis and treatment but also to give reasonable information and advice to the patient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

devoir de diligence : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The historical reluctance to give adult trespassers the benefit of a general duty of care...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The field of occupier's liability has been complicated further by an overridding distinction between an "activity duty" and an "occupancy duty", which derives from the misfeasance-nonfeasance dichotomy. If an entrant is injured by "current operations" being carried out by the occupier on the land, as opposed to a defect or danger in the condition of the land, the courts will impose the general duty to use reasonable care. This general duty is owed to all persons lawfully on the premises, but it is unclear whether it is also applicable to trespassers whose presence is known or probable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Une complication supplémentaire est venue s'ajouter au droit de la responsabilité des occupants, les tribunaux ayant fait une distinction entre le «devoir relié à l'activité» et le «devoir relié à l'occupation», qui découle de la dichotomie action/inaction fautives. Si une personne subit des blessures à cause des «activités» poursuivies par l'occupant sur les lieux, plutôt que d'une défectuosité ou d'un danger résultant de la condition des lieux, les tribunaux exigeront du défendeur qu'il fasse preuve d'une prudence raisonnable, le devoir général. L'occupant a un tel devoir envers toutes les personnes qui se trouvent légitimement sur les lieux, mais il n'est pas certain qu'il ait la même obligation envers les trespassers dont la présence est connue ou probable.

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Health Law
  • Commercial Law
CONT

... the scope of the duty of care ... required the medical practitioners to take all reasonable steps to protect [X] from what was clearly a foreseeable danger.

CONT

The general question... is the extent of the duty of care owed by a customer to a bank in respect of the prevention and detection of forgery in the drawing of the customer's cheques.

Key term(s)
  • sphere of the duty of care

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit commercial
CONT

[...] la Cour suprême du Canada a élargi la portée du devoir de diligence [...] auquel la province était tenue envers un entrepreneur de manière à inclure le cabinet d'ingénieurs qui avait préparé les dessins.

CONT

L'étendue de l'obligation de diligence dans un cas de négligence dépend, en dernier ressort, de l'appréciation faite par les tribunaux des exigences de la société en matière de protection contre la négligence d'autrui.

CONT

Les demandeurs soutiennent [qu'il] existe de véritables questions litigieuses à examiner, y compris la portée de l'obligation de diligence du district envers les demandeurs [...]

Key term(s)
  • étendue du devoir de diligence
  • portée du devoir de prudence
  • étendue du devoir de prudence

Spanish

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