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Abstract

“Causation” is of particular significance in tort law of Iran and England,
particularly in the field of Negligence Law. Existing differences in Iranian legal
system, as a civil law country, with English law, as a common law country,
cause great difficulties in seeking a common perspective in order to examine the
concept of causation. Having said that, this is not an impossible task. In order to
conduct a comparative study of causation under the legal systems of Iran and
England, two principal subjects of “Hidden Tortfeasor” and “Visible
Tortfeasor” are distinguished after scrutinizing “The State of Causation”. On
the basis of the current criteria, an aspect of “Liable Tortfeasor” is examined,
which determines a responsible one in the incident under “Tortfeasor” survey. A
certain connection is recognized between the damage and factors contributing to
the occurrence of the incident, but it is impossible to identify the liable factor
then “Hidden Tortfeasor” comes to the surface. According to noticeable
similarities in Iranian and English law, the latter can present solutions for
Iranian law, and it can be used as a suitable model for Iranian legal system.
Judges can consider the above-mentioned criteria adopted in English law in
cases in which no solution can be found in Iranian law or existing solution is not
adaptable with conditions and nature of the dispute.

Keywords

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