CausationLinking the breach to the harm, factually and legally.LawThe claimant must show the harm would not haveoccurred but for the breach, and that it is not tooremote.But for the breach, would the harm have happened?Harm would have occurred anywayCausation failsUnforeseeable type of harmToo remoteFree deliberate act by anotherMay break the chainTHE COMMON MISTAKEAssuming a proven breach establishes liabilityCausation is separate and often decisiveA defendant may have plainly breached a duty while the harm would havehappened regardless. The claim then fails.Educational reference. Special rules apply where multiple causesoperate, particularly in industrial disease cases.Causationlearnposters.com
Causation — printable law & society wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Causation poster

The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.

Educational reference. Special rules apply where multiple causes operate, particularly in industrial disease cases.

Questions about the Causation poster

What’s on the Causation poster?
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. The claimant must show the harm would not have occurred but for the breach, and that…; But for the breach, would the harm have happened?; Harm would have occurred anyway = Causation fails; Unforeseeable type of harm = Too remote; Free deliberate act by another = May break the chain; Common mistake: Assuming a proven breach establishes liability → Causation is separat…. Educational reference. Special rules apply where multiple causes operate, particularly in industrial disease cases.
Who is the Causation poster for?
Causation belongs to the Law section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning tort can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Causation poster?
The 'but for' test starts it. Remoteness and intervening acts can still break the chain. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Causation belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Causation?
Negligence, Damages and Defamation sit alongside Causation in the Law section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.NegligenceDamagesDefamation
Is the Causation poster free to download and print?
Yes. Causation downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Law section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Causation poster print at?
Causation is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Causation loses nothing.Printing guide

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