Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

58.   Definition of negligence

A person causes an event negligently, if without intending to cause the event, he or she causes it by a voluntary act done—

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    (a)     without such skill and caution as are reasonably necessary under the circumstances; or

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    (b)     without such skill and caution as in the particular case he or she is bound by law to exercise for the purpose of preventing the causing of the event.