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Question 1

In the Supreme Court decision in Glencar Explorations plc v Mayo County Council (No. 2) [2002] 1 ILRM 481, what did the court identify as the necessary ingredients of a duty of care in negligence in Irish law?

Foreseeability of damage, a relationship of proximity, and that it is fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty of the given scope Reasonable foreseeability of harm alone, following the broad neighbour principle in Donoghue v Stevenson A two-stage test of foreseeability followed by policy reasons negativing the duty, as in Anns v Merton Foreseeability and proximity only, with public policy never being a relevant consideration

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Foreseeability of damage, a relationship of proximity, and that it is fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty of the given scope

Question 2

A County Council unlawfully imposes a mining ban that destroys a plaintiff's commercial venture. The ban is later found to be ultra vires. On the authority of Glencar, what is the most likely outcome of a negligence claim against the Council for the resulting economic loss?

The plaintiff recovers automatically because the Council's act was ultra vires The plaintiff fails because illegality of the administrative act does not, by itself, create a private law duty of care sounding in damages The plaintiff recovers because economic loss is always recoverable against public authorities The plaintiff recovers only if the Council acted maliciously

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The plaintiff fails because illegality of the administrative act does not, by itself, create a private law duty of care sounding in damages

Question 3

Which formulation best states the standard of care applied when assessing breach of duty in Irish negligence law?

The defendant must guarantee the plaintiff's safety against all foreseeable risks The defendant is liable only where the conduct was reckless or intentional The defendant must act as a reasonable and prudent person would in the circumstances, weighing the probability and gravity of harm against the cost of precautions The defendant is judged by their own subjective belief about what was reasonable

Correct Answer:

The defendant must act as a reasonable and prudent person would in the circumstances, weighing the probability and gravity of harm against the cost of precautions

Question 4

A junior hospital doctor administers treatment that an experienced consultant would have recognised as inappropriate. By what standard is the junior doctor's conduct judged in an Irish medical negligence action?

No standard, because junior doctors are immune from negligence claims The standard the junior doctor personally believed to be adequate given their inexperience The standard of the most eminent specialist in the field The standard of a reasonably competent doctor holding the post in question, not the lower standard of an inexperienced beginner

Correct Answer:

The standard of a reasonably competent doctor holding the post in question, not the lower standard of an inexperienced beginner

Question 5

Which Irish Supreme Court decision sets out the test for medical negligence, holding that a doctor is negligent only where no medical practitioner of equal specialist or general status, acting with ordinary care, would have followed the same course?

Kelly v Hennessy Sinnott v Quinnsworth Byrne v Ryan Dunne (an infant) v National Maternity Hospital

Correct Answer:

Dunne (an infant) v National Maternity Hospital

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