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Sir Percy Henry Winfield FBA (16 September 1878 [1] – 7 July 1953) was Rouse Ball Professor of English Law between 1928 and 1943. [2] He was born at Stoke Ferry in Norfolk . [ 3 ] He died at his home at 13 Cranmer Road in Cambridge .
The principle of Winterbottom meant that consumers who were injured by defective products in the 19th century had no legal action against the defective execution of a contract to which they were not expressly privy, [3] a doctrine referred to by legal scholars including P. H. Winfield as the "privity of contract fallacy". [4]
Contributory negligence used to be a complete defence, but the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 allows the court to apportion liability for damages between the claimant and the defendant where the claimant's negligence has materially added to the loss or damage sustained. Section 1 provides:
In establishing the basis of the case, Baron Alderson, made what has become a famous definition of negligence: Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.
Tort is defined as a wrongful act that causes loss or harm to another individual. In the world of car insurance, tort refers to the ability to sue the negligent driver for the damage they caused.
Negligence (Lat. negligentia) [1] is a failure to exercise appropriate care expected to be exercised in similar circumstances. [2]Within the scope of tort law, negligence pertains to harm caused by the violation of a duty of care through a negligent act or failure to act.
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