Law and Fault

• define fault

  'responsibility for something wrong' -The Oxford English Dictionary
• what does fault describe?

  the notion of blameworthyness
• general rule

  there is no liability without fault, you cannot be found to be blameworthy for any matter unless you were at fault.
• In tort

  Breach- an element in negligence which we place fault by comparing D to the RM.

  Nettleship v Weston- by taking no account of 'infinite varieties and temperament, education and intellect' we must all reach the same standard.
• expections in tort

  Strict liability torts ie Rylands v Fletcher and Vicarious Liability