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The ladder of liability
- Inadvertence: To be unaware of a risk which one could not reasonably have been expected to be anticipate.
- Negligence: To be unaware of a risk which a reasonable person on one’s position ought to have anticipated.
- Gross negligence: A meaningless concept that excites US attorneys but irritates English ones.
- Reckless: To be aware of a risk, and to take it anyway, even though you don’t necessarily want the risk to come about.
- Intention: To be aware of a risk, and to run it with the intention that it comes about.