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(c) No, that's not correct. The question of foreseeability is not a matter for the court to decide according to its own perceptions of what was foreseeable in particular circumstances. This approach would set a very high standard of behavior and the law has not adopted this approach.

To decide whether harm was foreseeable, the courts developed the notion of a reasonable person in the position of the defendant, asking whether such a person would have foreseen the danger in the circumstances.

Blyth v Birmingham Waterworks Co (1856) 156 ER 1047.