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Bolitho amendment
An addition to the Bolam test of the legal standard of care required in negligence actions, which states that a professional’s acts or omissions be assessed to see if (i) they accord with a ...
negligence
N.1 Carelessness amounting to the culpable breach of a duty: failure to do or recognize something that a reasonable person (i.e. an average responsible citizen) would do or recognize, or doing ...
negligence
Willful neglect that is implicitly or explicitly considered to be dereliction of duty and that justifies calling the responsible person(s) to account for what was done or not done.