Neglect (English law)

In English law, neglect is a term of art, identical to the, now deprecated, expression lack of care and different from the concept of negligence. Its sole function is to qualify a verdict returned at an inquest by finding that it was a factor that contributed to a death. [Lord Mackay of Clashfern (ed.) (2006) "Halsbury's Laws of England", 4th ed. reissue, vol.9(2), "Coroners", 1035. Lack of care, neglect and self-neglect]

Master of the Rolls Sir Thomas Bingham defined it in these terms:

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