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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.
Tournier v National Provincial and Union Bank of England [1924] 1 KB 461; House of Lords and Privy Council. France v James Coombes & Co [1929] AC 496, definition of employee and inequality of bargaining power under section 8 of the Trade Boards Act 1909; Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd [1932] AC 161, common mistake; Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 ...
The first element of negligence is the legal duty of care. This concerns the relationship between the defendant and the claimant, which must be such that there is an obligation upon the defendant to take proper care to avoid causing injury to the plaintiff in all the circumstances of the case.
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] S.C.(H.L.) 31: Lord Atkin established the neighbour principle as the foundation of the modern Scots delict (English tort) of negligence. This case used a wide ratio decidendi, which was held later as obiter, but established the principle of "duty of care.".
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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 ...
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 ]
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