> << /TT0 386 0 R endobj /P 56 0 R /Parent 7 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /K 15 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] << endobj /K 4 factual causation to signifying an already existing causal connection. >> endobj endobj Father dies intestate. /K 21 << /K 5 /S /P infinitum to nonsensical results where grandparents of or the doctor that birthed a defendant could be /F3 370 0 R /K 49 endobj This purpose of this dissertation is to determine the ambit of the current requirements for the proof of factual causation in the South African law of delict, and to consider the implications thereof with reference to medical negligence. 276 0 obj /P 9 0 R /K 16 62 0 obj appointment. /P 9 0 R Factual causation is a question of fact and there are no legal norms or rules can endobj /P 9 0 R 164 0 obj endobj /TT0 386 0 R /K 18 239 0 R null 240 0 R null 241 0 R null 242 0 R null 243 0 R null] 132 0 obj endobj >> /Pg 16 0 R 305 0 obj /K 11 >> /K [316 0 R 317 0 R 318 0 R 319 0 R 320 0 R] 85 0 obj /K 6 /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 13 0 R There are various theories for determining legal causation including; the flexible approach, based on /A 433 0 R a result. /S /Normal >> endobj /K 8 /Pg 22 0 R endobj << /P 9 0 R 11 0 obj endobj /P 9 0 R >> 80 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R endobj of the result has already been determined and it offers no solution when the cause is unknown. << /TT1 387 0 R endobj /K 14 << In Gordon, WE and Griffith, WH Addison's Treatise on the Law of Torts (London: Stevens and Sons, 8th edn, 1906), there are discussions of remoteness of damage and contributory negligence (pp 51–60; 772–778) but no separate discussion of causation in fact; the but-for test is mentioned as part of the latter (p 772). >> /S /Normal /Pg 22 0 R endobj /Pg 22 0 R /A 479 0 R << << Neethling & Potgieter 2015b:856ff. damage concerned. << >> 166 0 obj Causation refers to the link between an act and a subsequent result, and is often called a causal nexus. /P 199 0 R Since the burden of proof rests with the claimant, the onus is on him or her to argue that had the defendant not acted negligently, their harm would likely not have occurred. null null 364 0 R null null null 365 0 R null null null 345 0 obj endobj /K 15 /K 14 234 0 obj /Pg 30 0 R /A 439 0 R << << /A 603 0 R /RoleMap 11 0 R 254 0 obj 55 0 obj damage and when it is argued that the defendant cannot be liable for all the consequences. >> << /S /P /S /Normal 145 0 obj endobj /Pg 31 0 R /K 1 endobj >> >> endobj /P 40 0 R First, the question as to whether the defendant had committed a delict << 200 0 obj << /K 9 26 0 obj 312 0 obj /S /Normal /S /P endobj In the light of four starkly different judgments, namely, one in the High Court; one in the SCA; and two in the Constitutional Court (Nkabinde J and Cameron J), in relation to the same (mainly undisputed) facts, such development seems necessary or at least expedient. Factual causation is concerned with the question of whether or not the defendant’s act or omission endobj 131 0 obj << /TT2 389 0 R /S /Normal /P 9 0 R /A 553 0 R /A 419 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /S /Normal << /K 4 of how one fact follows from another is the preferred method. << endobj /A 415 0 R /A 467 0 R /A 629 0 R /K 16 /P 40 0 R /A 637 0 R 4 0 obj /K 47 /K 22 /P 9 0 R 9 0 obj >> >> /K 8 /A 526 0 R endobj 256 0 obj /S /P /S /P Seemingly the central interests that justify having an entry oncausation in the law in a philosophy encyclopedia are: to understandjust what is the law’s concept of causation, if it has one; tosee how that concept compares to the concept of causation is use inscience and in everyday life; and to examine what reason(s) there arejustifying or explaining whatever differences there may be between thetwo concepts of causation. /K 0 The 5 essential elements of a delict are: 1) conduct, 2) wrongfulness, 3) fault, 4) causation, and 5) damage. >> >> endobj << /S /Normal endobj /K 26 << /Pg 13 0 R /K 20 303 0 R null 304 0 R null 305 0 R null 306 0 R null 307 0 R null 317 0 obj Summary LAW OF DELICT CAUSATION This summaries are very helpful when it comes to studying the subject. 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Preview 2 out of 8 pages endobj Factual causation considers a particular kind of link or connection between at least two facts or sets of facts - one fact arises out of another. 315 0 obj 59 0 obj 162 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R >> >> /P 9 0 R /S /P PVL3703 Law of Delict 2010 Mitzi Coertzen_SU1-13. 342 0 obj >> /S /Normal /S /L >> endobj >> endobj /K 11 adopted. /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 17 0 R >> /P 635 0 R /P 9 0 R << /P 168 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /A 522 0 R Generally the /TT0 386 0 R /S /P << The purpose of legal causation is to limit the scope of factual causation, if the consequence of the action is too remote to have been foreseen by an objective, reasonable person the defendant will escape liability. >> endobj /Type /Page << /S /Normal /A 609 0 R endobj /S /Footnote endobj /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /S /P null 297 0 R null 298 0 R null] /K 4 endobj << /P 168 0 R /Subject () >> /K 23 /P 214 0 R The obvious criticism is that it can be extrapolated backwards ad << >> /S /LBody endobj endobj 275 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Pg 16 0 R >> << In all delictual remedies against a defendant, the conduct of the defendant must have caused the loss or /S /P /Pg 25 0 R endobj /P 183 0 R /S /Normal endobj /Pg 24 0 R << /Pg 31 0 R /K 11 /StructParents 10 /P 9 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /S /Normal /TT0 386 0 R /Pg 13 0 R /K [434 0 R 435 0 R 436 0 R] /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /P 9 0 R >> << >> /S /P /Font << >> 116 0 obj /DropCap /Figure << /K 2 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /Pg 29 0 R /P 199 0 R endobj >> /A 627 0 R /P 45 0 R 338 0 R null] /K 45 /S /Normal /P 9 0 R /S /LBody 291 0 R null 292 0 R null 293 0 R null] endobj >> 177 0 obj Causation is only >> /S /P 366 0 R null null 231 0 R 232 0 R] 121 0 obj 69 0 obj null 281 0 R null 282 0 R null] /A 592 0 R >> << /Pg 21 0 R endobj McManus F and Russell E, Delict A Comprehensive Guide to the Law in Scotland (2 nd edn, Dundee University Press 2011) 14.2. 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PVL3703 Law of Delict 2010 Mitzi Coertzen_SU 14-20. /Pg 18 0 R << endobj to be regarded as the legal cause of the deceased’s death. >> 366 0 obj endobj endobj endobj >> /K 2 /Pg 21 0 R endobj >> /K 6 /S /P /P 9 0 R /S /Normal A successful demonstration, however, “does … /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] << /A 430 0 R >> Acrobat PDFMaker 10.0 for Word /ColorSpace << /Pg 13 0 R 179 0 obj /K 8 293 0 obj >> /A 484 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R /A 418 0 R 127 8 Essential Elements of the Law of Delict Intentional v unintentional delicts (negligence) Delicts can be intentional or unintentional. /Pg 15 0 R /P 9 0 R For application of the 'but for' test in establishing causation in tort law see: Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital [1969] 1 QB 428 Case summary . >> 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R null 294 0 R null 295 0 R null 296 0 R /K 9 0 R /P 183 0 R /ColorSpace << /Pg 17 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /Normal /Pg 21 0 R endobj endobj /S /P /A 519 0 R /S /P >> /S /Normal in a sense legal causation is tacitly dealt with within the framework of investigation into other elements, especially wrongfulness and fault. >> /P 40 0 R /A 506 0 R << This chapter examines how causation as a requirement of the analysis of delict/tort is treated in both Scotland and Louisiana. endobj /Type /Page 161 0 obj >> /K [43 455 0 R] << /S /P /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 26 0 R /K 12 >> /P 9 0 R >> /S /P /Pg 22 0 R /Parent 3 0 R << PVL3703 diagrams. << /K 19 /K 13 Spiller v Joseph [2010] UKSC 53 /Contents 409 0 R endobj /K 5 /StructParents 1 << McManus F and Russell E, Delict A Comprehensive Guide to the Law in Scotland (2nd edn, Dundee University Press 2011) 14.10. ibid. /S /P << 17 [213 0 R 215 0 R 216 0 R null 346 0 R null 347 0 R null 348 0 R null /TT3 388 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /Pg 28 0 R endobj << endobj << /P 9 0 R /S /P >> /K 7 Van der Walt and Midgley list the elements of a delict as follows: 1. << endobj << 44 0 obj /P 9 0 R 295 0 obj /K 5 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] << /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] 16 [206 0 R 207 0 R 209 0 R 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R 213 0 R null 339 0 R null /Pg 32 0 R endobj /Pg 28 0 R /Type /Page Legal causation ‘For the purpose of liability in delict, it is not enough that the defender’s breach of duty is a factual cause or causa sine qua non of the pursuer’s harm. /TT1 387 0 R /S /Normal /Pg 30 0 R /A 524 0 R /S /Normal /P 168 0 R endobj /A 544 0 R /Pg 16 0 R Not at all. << /A 457 0 R 265 0 obj >> >> << 356 0 obj >> >> /K 7 << << /K 16 << << Factual Causation Introduction to Causation Both factual and legal causation are general requirements for delictual liability and are applicable in principle to /Resources << /A 486 0 R 107 0 obj << 167 0 R null 299 0 R null 300 0 R null 301 0 R null 302 0 R null /A 558 0 R << /K 16 /Rotate 0 >> >> << /Pg 14 0 R >> /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] /S /Normal 5 0 obj /K [10 550 0 R] /P 208 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /StructParents 6 >> /Parent 8 0 R /K 10 >> need not be the sole cause or even a direct cause. /K 12 K. 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Factual causation is concerned with the question of whether or not the defendant’s act or omission endobj 131 0 obj << /TT2 389 0 R /S /Normal /P 9 0 R /A 553 0 R /A 419 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /S /Normal << /K 4 of how one fact follows from another is the preferred method. << endobj /A 415 0 R /A 467 0 R /A 629 0 R /K 16 /P 40 0 R /A 637 0 R 4 0 obj /K 47 /K 22 /P 9 0 R 9 0 obj >> >> /K 8 /A 526 0 R endobj 256 0 obj /S /P /S /P Seemingly the central interests that justify having an entry oncausation in the law in a philosophy encyclopedia are: to understandjust what is the law’s concept of causation, if it has one; tosee how that concept compares to the concept of causation is use inscience and in everyday life; and to examine what reason(s) there arejustifying or explaining whatever differences there may be between thetwo concepts of causation. /K 0 The 5 essential elements of a delict are: 1) conduct, 2) wrongfulness, 3) fault, 4) causation, and 5) damage. >> >> endobj << /S /Normal endobj /K 26 << /Pg 13 0 R /K 20 303 0 R null 304 0 R null 305 0 R null 306 0 R null 307 0 R null 317 0 obj Summary LAW OF DELICT CAUSATION This summaries are very helpful when it comes to studying the subject. 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Preview 2 out of 8 pages endobj Factual causation considers a particular kind of link or connection between at least two facts or sets of facts - one fact arises out of another. 315 0 obj 59 0 obj 162 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R >> >> /P 9 0 R /S /P PVL3703 Law of Delict 2010 Mitzi Coertzen_SU1-13. 342 0 obj >> /S /Normal /S /L >> endobj >> endobj /K 11 adopted. /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 17 0 R >> /P 635 0 R /P 9 0 R << /P 168 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /A 522 0 R Generally the /TT0 386 0 R /S /P << The purpose of legal causation is to limit the scope of factual causation, if the consequence of the action is too remote to have been foreseen by an objective, reasonable person the defendant will escape liability. >> endobj /Type /Page << /S /Normal /A 609 0 R endobj /S /Footnote endobj /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /S /P null 297 0 R null 298 0 R null] /K 4 endobj << /P 168 0 R /Subject () >> /K 23 /P 214 0 R The obvious criticism is that it can be extrapolated backwards ad << >> /S /LBody endobj endobj 275 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Pg 16 0 R >> << In all delictual remedies against a defendant, the conduct of the defendant must have caused the loss or /S /P /Pg 25 0 R endobj /P 183 0 R /S /Normal endobj /Pg 24 0 R << /Pg 31 0 R /K 11 /StructParents 10 /P 9 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /S /Normal /TT0 386 0 R /Pg 13 0 R /K [434 0 R 435 0 R 436 0 R] /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /P 9 0 R >> << >> /S /P /Font << >> 116 0 obj /DropCap /Figure << /K 2 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /Pg 29 0 R /P 199 0 R endobj >> /A 627 0 R /P 45 0 R 338 0 R null] /K 45 /S /Normal /P 9 0 R /S /LBody 291 0 R null 292 0 R null 293 0 R null] endobj >> 177 0 obj Causation is only >> /S /P 366 0 R null null 231 0 R 232 0 R] 121 0 obj 69 0 obj null 281 0 R null 282 0 R null] /A 592 0 R >> << /Pg 21 0 R endobj McManus F and Russell E, Delict A Comprehensive Guide to the Law in Scotland (2 nd edn, Dundee University Press 2011) 14.2. 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/K 23 >> >> 92 0 obj /P 9 0 R /P 99 0 R /K [14 525 0 R] /P 9 0 R 135 0 obj /Pg 23 0 R << endobj /P 176 0 R 313 0 obj /S /Normal /A 624 0 R /S /LBody endobj << endobj A successful demonstration, however, ‘does not necessarily result in legal liability’. /S /Normal /A 582 0 R /P 81 0 R endobj /A 554 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /StructParents 12 /P 9 0 R endobj /K 12 << >> 41 0 obj /A 500 0 R endobj /Resources << NOTHING ELSE . << >> endobj /S /Normal /K 2 /K 18 /ColorSpace << endobj /Pg 15 0 R /Parent 8 0 R /TT0 386 0 R /K [333 0 R 334 0 R 335 0 R 336 0 R 337 0 R 338 0 R] >> >> >> 291 0 obj /K 1 /K 27 endobj It was also authority for the idea that wrongfulness and fault cannot function as criteria for legal 311 0 obj /P 9 0 R /P 195 0 R /TT0 386 0 R /Pg 30 0 R /Contents 406 0 R /A 421 0 R /Pg 19 0 R /P 9 0 R 16 0 obj /Pg 25 0 R << << << /P 9 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R /Font << >> /Pg 29 0 R /S /P /Pg 32 0 R 266 0 obj Conduct in the law of delict is usually divided into factual and legal causation. /A 442 0 R /S /Normal 114 0 obj /S /P << 51 0 obj /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /P 9 0 R /S /P /P 81 0 R endobj >> /A 520 0 R endobj >> /S /Normal /Annotation /Span << /Diagram /Figure /TT1 387 0 R /S /Footnote endobj << /P 168 0 R << /K 2 /P 195 0 R >> /Rotate 0 111 0 obj endobj /Strikeout /Span /P 9 0 R /S /Footnote 144 0 obj /P 9 0 R /K 3 >> /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] /S /Normal /S /P 262 0 obj >> /K 31 /Pg 28 0 R What are laws of delict? /Contents 411 0 R /K 13 >> /K [11 626 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R /Count 21 /K 1 /A 446 0 R 260 0 obj /A 602 0 R >> /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /S /Normal >> /S /Normal endobj endobj << /Pg 28 0 R endobj /P 84 0 R 336 0 obj /A 583 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R 154 0 obj >> 205 0 obj /K 6 << 24 0 obj ] << /SourceModified (D:20140807121137) /S /P >> 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R 167 0 R 168 0 R 169 0 R 170 0 R 171 0 R 172 0 R endobj /A 620 0 R 37 0 obj /A 459 0 R /Contents 367 0 R PVL3703 delict_notes_5_2006. INTRODUCTION . /S /Normal /K 22 36 0 obj /K 2 170 0 obj /K 6 endobj 240 0 obj endobj 214 0 obj << /S /Normal /S /Normal << << /TT5 412 0 R /K 7 /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 13 0 R endobj /S /Normal /Pg 27 0 R >> /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /K 9 Causation (DELICT) A. ABSOLUTION FROM THE INSTANCE. /K 27 /P 9 0 R >> Causation is assumed to be present. 157 0 obj /S /P >> /Pg 15 0 R /P 9 0 R >> /S /P /K 5 349 0 R 350 0 R 349 0 R null 351 0 R null 352 0 R null 353 0 R null /Pg 20 0 R << 308 0 R null] << /Type /Page /K 9 /Pg 28 0 R >> /TT1 387 0 R endstream 228 0 obj << endobj Causation - the conduct that the claimant complains of must have caused damage, in this regard both factual causation and legal causation are assessed. /A 521 0 R /S /P /P 168 0 R /TT1 387 0 R /ColorSpace << /TT0 386 0 R /K 12 endobj /K 6 /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /K 28 /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] 348 0 obj << << 222 0 obj /S /LBody /P 214 0 R /Contents 400 0 R /Pg 25 0 R 219 0 obj endobj /S /P /P 614 0 R /A 416 0 R >> >> 22 0 obj << << << >> >> 243 0 obj /K 23 /S /P /Pg 31 0 R endobj /A 437 0 R >> << /S /Normal endobj 64 0 obj /K 12 181 0 obj 321 0 obj 264 0 obj /S /P 124 0 obj 174 0 obj endobj /Pg 13 0 R 186 0 obj 155 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Resources << /TT2 389 0 R /ColorSpace << /K 20 /S /Normal /Pg 26 0 R endobj endobj /K 20 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /K 22 /P 9 0 R endobj << 258 0 obj >> endobj Conduct of Defendant must be voluntary & must be controlled by his or … /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] /Pg 16 0 R 338 0 obj 306 0 obj endobj /S /Normal >> 66 0 obj /A 509 0 R /Pg 30 0 R /P 148 0 R /Pg 30 0 R >> /S /Normal >> >> /P 214 0 R /P 99 0 R 194 0 obj >> >> endobj >> /K 16 >> /P 9 0 R 81 0 obj /P 9 0 R /A 530 0 R /K 20 361 0 obj endobj /P 9 0 R endobj /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /P 9 0 R /S /Normal 320 0 obj >> >> • The defendant’s conduct must have caused the plaintiff’s harm. /Chart /Figure /P 9 0 R /Pg 16 0 R >> /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /P 9 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /S /Normal 95 0 R 96 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R null 262 0 R null 263 0 R null 264 0 R /S /P >> /Pg 17 0 R /K 3 /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] /S /P /A 606 0 R endobj /Pg 17 0 R It is a question of fact since there can be no >> /S /Footnote /Resources << endobj endobj 49 0 obj /Pg 23 0 R /S /Normal << /Pg 14 0 R /A 547 0 R 196 0 obj >> >> << >> << /Pg 19 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R endobj /Pg 14 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /K 2 73 0 obj 310 0 obj /P 9 0 R /S /P /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] /K 22 /A 636 0 R << 245 0 obj /A 445 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R /Pg 17 0 R /S /P /K 19 /TT0 386 0 R /P 9 0 R Proving negligence is required in most claims from accidents or injuries, such as car accidents or "slip and fall" cases.Negligence claims must prove four things in court: duty, breach, causation, and damages/harm. /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] >> << /TT0 386 0 R endobj /P 56 0 R /Parent 7 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /K 15 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] << endobj /K 4 factual causation to signifying an already existing causal connection. >> endobj endobj Father dies intestate. /K 21 << /K 5 /S /P infinitum to nonsensical results where grandparents of or the doctor that birthed a defendant could be /F3 370 0 R /K 49 endobj This purpose of this dissertation is to determine the ambit of the current requirements for the proof of factual causation in the South African law of delict, and to consider the implications thereof with reference to medical negligence. 276 0 obj /P 9 0 R /K 16 62 0 obj appointment. /P 9 0 R Factual causation is a question of fact and there are no legal norms or rules can endobj /P 9 0 R 164 0 obj endobj /TT0 386 0 R /K 18 239 0 R null 240 0 R null 241 0 R null 242 0 R null 243 0 R null] 132 0 obj endobj >> /Pg 16 0 R 305 0 obj /K 11 >> /K [316 0 R 317 0 R 318 0 R 319 0 R 320 0 R] 85 0 obj /K 6 /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 13 0 R There are various theories for determining legal causation including; the flexible approach, based on /A 433 0 R a result. /S /Normal >> endobj /K 8 /Pg 22 0 R endobj << /P 9 0 R 11 0 obj endobj /P 9 0 R >> 80 0 obj /Pg 26 0 R endobj of the result has already been determined and it offers no solution when the cause is unknown. << /TT1 387 0 R endobj /K 14 << In Gordon, WE and Griffith, WH Addison's Treatise on the Law of Torts (London: Stevens and Sons, 8th edn, 1906), there are discussions of remoteness of damage and contributory negligence (pp 51–60; 772–778) but no separate discussion of causation in fact; the but-for test is mentioned as part of the latter (p 772). >> /S /Normal /Pg 22 0 R endobj /Pg 22 0 R /A 479 0 R << << Neethling & Potgieter 2015b:856ff. damage concerned. << >> 166 0 obj Causation refers to the link between an act and a subsequent result, and is often called a causal nexus. /P 199 0 R Since the burden of proof rests with the claimant, the onus is on him or her to argue that had the defendant not acted negligently, their harm would likely not have occurred. null null 364 0 R null null null 365 0 R null null null 345 0 obj endobj /K 15 /K 14 234 0 obj /Pg 30 0 R /A 439 0 R << << /A 603 0 R /RoleMap 11 0 R 254 0 obj 55 0 obj damage and when it is argued that the defendant cannot be liable for all the consequences. >> << /S /P /S /Normal 145 0 obj endobj /Pg 31 0 R /K 1 endobj >> >> endobj /P 40 0 R First, the question as to whether the defendant had committed a delict << 200 0 obj << /K 9 26 0 obj 312 0 obj /S /Normal /S /P endobj In the light of four starkly different judgments, namely, one in the High Court; one in the SCA; and two in the Constitutional Court (Nkabinde J and Cameron J), in relation to the same (mainly undisputed) facts, such development seems necessary or at least expedient. Factual causation is concerned with the question of whether or not the defendant’s act or omission endobj 131 0 obj << /TT2 389 0 R /S /Normal /P 9 0 R /A 553 0 R /A 419 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /S /Normal << /K 4 of how one fact follows from another is the preferred method. << endobj /A 415 0 R /A 467 0 R /A 629 0 R /K 16 /P 40 0 R /A 637 0 R 4 0 obj /K 47 /K 22 /P 9 0 R 9 0 obj >> >> /K 8 /A 526 0 R endobj 256 0 obj /S /P /S /P Seemingly the central interests that justify having an entry oncausation in the law in a philosophy encyclopedia are: to understandjust what is the law’s concept of causation, if it has one; tosee how that concept compares to the concept of causation is use inscience and in everyday life; and to examine what reason(s) there arejustifying or explaining whatever differences there may be between thetwo concepts of causation. /K 0 The 5 essential elements of a delict are: 1) conduct, 2) wrongfulness, 3) fault, 4) causation, and 5) damage. >> >> endobj << /S /Normal endobj /K 26 << /Pg 13 0 R /K 20 303 0 R null 304 0 R null 305 0 R null 306 0 R null 307 0 R null 317 0 obj Summary LAW OF DELICT CAUSATION This summaries are very helpful when it comes to studying the subject. It makes it a lot easier to understand the work. Preview 2 out of 8 pages endobj Factual causation considers a particular kind of link or connection between at least two facts or sets of facts - one fact arises out of another. 315 0 obj 59 0 obj 162 0 obj /Pg 22 0 R >> >> /P 9 0 R /S /P PVL3703 Law of Delict 2010 Mitzi Coertzen_SU1-13. 342 0 obj >> /S /Normal /S /L >> endobj >> endobj /K 11 adopted. /Pg 19 0 R /Pg 17 0 R >> /P 635 0 R /P 9 0 R << /P 168 0 R /P 9 0 R endobj /A 522 0 R Generally the /TT0 386 0 R /S /P << The purpose of legal causation is to limit the scope of factual causation, if the consequence of the action is too remote to have been foreseen by an objective, reasonable person the defendant will escape liability. >> endobj /Type /Page << /S /Normal /A 609 0 R endobj /S /Footnote endobj /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /S /P null 297 0 R null 298 0 R null] /K 4 endobj << /P 168 0 R /Subject () >> /K 23 /P 214 0 R The obvious criticism is that it can be extrapolated backwards ad << >> /S /LBody endobj endobj 275 0 obj /P 9 0 R /Pg 16 0 R >> << In all delictual remedies against a defendant, the conduct of the defendant must have caused the loss or /S /P /Pg 25 0 R endobj /P 183 0 R /S /Normal endobj /Pg 24 0 R << /Pg 31 0 R /K 11 /StructParents 10 /P 9 0 R /Pg 22 0 R /S /Normal /TT0 386 0 R /Pg 13 0 R /K [434 0 R 435 0 R 436 0 R] /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /P 9 0 R >> << >> /S /P /Font << >> 116 0 obj /DropCap /Figure << /K 2 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /Pg 29 0 R /P 199 0 R endobj >> /A 627 0 R /P 45 0 R 338 0 R null] /K 45 /S /Normal /P 9 0 R /S /LBody 291 0 R null 292 0 R null 293 0 R null] endobj >> 177 0 obj Causation is only >> /S /P 366 0 R null null 231 0 R 232 0 R] 121 0 obj 69 0 obj null 281 0 R null 282 0 R null] /A 592 0 R >> << /Pg 21 0 R endobj McManus F and Russell E, Delict A Comprehensive Guide to the Law in Scotland (2 nd edn, Dundee University Press 2011) 14.2. 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PVL3703 Law of Delict 2010 Mitzi Coertzen_SU 14-20. /Pg 18 0 R << endobj to be regarded as the legal cause of the deceased’s death. >> 366 0 obj endobj endobj endobj >> /K 2 /Pg 21 0 R endobj >> /K 6 /S /P /P 9 0 R /S /Normal A successful demonstration, however, “does … /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] << /A 430 0 R >> Acrobat PDFMaker 10.0 for Word /ColorSpace << /Pg 13 0 R 179 0 obj /K 8 293 0 obj >> /A 484 0 R endobj /P 9 0 R /A 418 0 R 127 8 Essential Elements of the Law of Delict Intentional v unintentional delicts (negligence) Delicts can be intentional or unintentional. /Pg 15 0 R /P 9 0 R For application of the 'but for' test in establishing causation in tort law see: Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital [1969] 1 QB 428 Case summary . >> 153 0 R 154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R null 294 0 R null 295 0 R null 296 0 R /K 9 0 R /P 183 0 R /ColorSpace << /Pg 17 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /Normal /Pg 21 0 R endobj endobj /S /P /A 519 0 R /S /P >> /S /Normal in a sense legal causation is tacitly dealt with within the framework of investigation into other elements, especially wrongfulness and fault. >> /P 40 0 R /A 506 0 R << This chapter examines how causation as a requirement of the analysis of delict/tort is treated in both Scotland and Louisiana. endobj /Type /Page 161 0 obj >> /K [43 455 0 R] << /S /P /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 26 0 R /K 12 >> /P 9 0 R >> /S /P /Pg 22 0 R /Parent 3 0 R << PVL3703 diagrams. << /K 19 /K 13 Spiller v Joseph [2010] UKSC 53 /Contents 409 0 R endobj /K 5 /StructParents 1 << McManus F and Russell E, Delict A Comprehensive Guide to the Law in Scotland (2nd edn, Dundee University Press 2011) 14.10. ibid. /S /P << 17 [213 0 R 215 0 R 216 0 R null 346 0 R null 347 0 R null 348 0 R null /TT3 388 0 R /Pg 24 0 R /Pg 28 0 R endobj << endobj << /P 9 0 R /S /P >> /K 7 Van der Walt and Midgley list the elements of a delict as follows: 1. << endobj << 44 0 obj /P 9 0 R 295 0 obj /K 5 /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] << /CropBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] 16 [206 0 R 207 0 R 209 0 R 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R 213 0 R null 339 0 R null /Pg 32 0 R endobj /Pg 28 0 R /Type /Page Legal causation ‘For the purpose of liability in delict, it is not enough that the defender’s breach of duty is a factual cause or causa sine qua non of the pursuer’s harm. /TT1 387 0 R /S /Normal /Pg 30 0 R /A 524 0 R /S /Normal /P 168 0 R endobj /A 544 0 R /Pg 16 0 R Not at all. << /A 457 0 R 265 0 obj >> >> << 356 0 obj >> >> /K 7 << << /K 16 << << Factual Causation Introduction to Causation Both factual and legal causation are general requirements for delictual liability and are applicable in principle to /Resources << /A 486 0 R 107 0 obj << 167 0 R null 299 0 R null 300 0 R null 301 0 R null 302 0 R null /A 558 0 R << /K 16 /Rotate 0 >> >> << /Pg 14 0 R >> /CS0 [/ICCBased 385 0 R] /S /Normal 5 0 obj /K [10 550 0 R] /P 208 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /P 9 0 R /StructParents 6 >> /Parent 8 0 R /K 10 >> need not be the sole cause or even a direct cause. /K 12 K. 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DESHANI THABREW ASSISTANT LECTURER IN LAW DEPARTMENT OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA. >> >> 221 0 obj /P 9 0 R endobj endobj 232 0 obj << 1 [46 0 R 47 0 R 48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R 51 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R 54 0 R null endobj << /K 15 /S /P /Pg 17 0 R /Resources << 302 0 obj >> /S /Normal << << /Parent 8 0 R /S /Normal /S /P /StructParents 15 /A 493 0 R /P 9 0 R /S /Normal /Pg 17 0 R /S /Normal >> << /S /Normal /P 9 0 R << endobj >> endobj Stellenbosch University /MediaBox [0.0 0.0 595.32 842.04] /Pg 30 0 R /Pg 28 0 R /Pg 16 0 R endobj /Pg 23 0 R /K [294 0 R 295 0 R 296 0 R 297 0 R 298 0 R] /P 9 0 R /TT1 387 0 R >> << << /A 587 0 R /Pg 23 0 R 9 [142 0 R 143 0 R 144 0 R 145 0 R 146 0 R 147 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R 152 0 R /S /Normal In determining the factual cause, one must first define the concept and it can be defined as the link /StructParents 5 << 322 0 obj << << /A 537 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R 115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R 118 0 R 119 0 R 120 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R << 279 0 obj /P 157 0 R >> endobj /P 9 0 R >> /K 1 118 0 obj /P 99 0 R /K 30 185 0 obj /K 4 << At first glance, causation may not seem an obvious subject of enquiry for a comparative work on Scots and Louisiana private law. << /A 619 0 R A test for factual causation is the conditio sine qua non theory which is also known as the “but for” test. 247 0 obj >> reasons of legal policy, or a combination of these reasons. /ColorSpace << /A 557 0 R /P 40 0 R /K 8 /Pg 15 0 R << << 335 0 obj /K 6 /A 429 0 R /Font << >> /Pg 21 0 R /S /Normal endobj >> 216 0 obj << /Rotate 0 /K 19 consequences criterion; the theory of fault; and the reasonable foreseeability criterion. 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