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Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 was a landmark court decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords.It laid the foundation of the modern law of negligence in common law jurisdictions worldwide, as well as in Scotland, establishing general principles of the duty of care.
The first case to establish a general duty of care was Donoghue v Stevenson. [3] Famously, Mrs Donoghue claimed compensation for illness after she consumed a ginger beer containing a decomposed snail in a public house in Paisley, Scotland. The bottle was opaque so neither Mrs Donoghue nor the shopkeeper could see a snail, and at the time she ...
Case Date OSCOLA Citation Summary Pinchon's case: 1611 Early assumpsit and contract liability precedent Sprat v Agar: 1658 Early case on in third party contract law Duke of Norfolk's Case: 1682 3 Ch. Cas. 1, 22 E.R. 931 Rule against perpetuities Mason v Keeling: 1700 1 Ld Raym 606; 91 ER 1305 Donaldson v Beckett: 1774 1 E.R. 837
Walter Graham Leechman (1870–1943) was a Scottish solicitor and political activist who represented Mrs Donoghue in the landmark legal case Donoghue v Stevenson. Early life [ edit ]
[9] It was not until the case of Anns v Merton London Borough Council [10] however, that the neighbour principle was adopted in a formal test for negligence. The case involved the negligent construction of a block of maisonettes, commissioned by the Merton London Borough Council. The flats, finished in 1972, had poorly constructed foundations ...
The city of Philadelphia settled Monday with the parents of Ellen Greenberg, and the city's medical examiner’s office will take a new look at Greenberg's manner of death.
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A plaque was erected in 2012 at the Harry Gibbs Commonwealth Law Courts Building – built upon the land where Ellandale cottage once stood – commemorating the birthplace of Lord Atkin, placed on the 145th anniversary of his birth and the 80th anniversary of his judgement Donoghue v Stevenson. [2]