Module 17 2024

04/12/2024

Practical difficulties (UK negligence):

Is there a legal duty of care?

Limits on recoverable losses • Death, personal injuries (and consequential losses) • [EU draft AI Liability Directive aims to facilitate recovery of any type of damage by any type of victim] • Damage to property • Consequential losses • UK : No recovery for pure economic losses (unless negligent misstatement) Causation

Foreseeability of loss

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3. ‘Strict liability’ under EU Product Liability Directive (PLD): (2024/2853) and Consumer Protection Act 1987

Damage caused by a defect in a product

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