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The essential ingredient of the tort of negligence are (1) When one owes a duty of care towards the…

Duty of care, breach of that duty and resulting damage are each required for the tort of negligence, so "All of them are essential ingredients"; a claim fails if any one of…

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The essential ingredient of the tort of negligence are
(1) When one owes a duty of care towards the other.
(2) When one commits a breach of that duty and
(3) The other person suffers damage as a consequence thereof Choose correct response for below

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Duty of care, breach of that duty and resulting damage are each required for the tort of negligence, so "All of them are essential ingredients"; a claim fails if any one of them is missing, which rules out "Even if the first is absent the tort of negligence is committed".

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