... in considering what a reasonable person would realise or would do in a particular situation we must have regard to human nature as we know it, and, if one thinks that in a particular situation the great majority of people would have behaved in one way, it would not be right to say that a reasonable man would or should have behaved in a different way. A ‘reasonable man’ does not mean a paragon of circumspection. (per Lord Reid in [case])
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AC Billings & Sons Ltd v Riden [1958] AC 240
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... in considering what a reasonable person would realise or would do in a particular situation we must have regard to human nature as we know it, and, if one thinks that in a particular situation the great majority of people would have behaved in one way, it would not be right to say that a reasonable man would or should have behaved in a different way. A ‘reasonable man’ does not mean a paragon of circumspection. (per Lord Reid in [case])
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#breach #negligence #tort
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... in considering what a reasonable person would realise or would do in a particular situation we must have regard to human nature as we know it, and, if one thinks that in a particular situation the great majority of people would have behaved in one way, it would not be right to say that a reasonable man would or should have behaved in a different way. A ‘reasonable man’ does not mean a paragon of circumspection. (per Lord Reid in [case])
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AC Billings & Sons Ltd v Riden [1958] AC 240
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