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  2. Donoghue v Stevenson - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Dick Atkin, Baron Atkin - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Privity of contract - Wikipedia

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    Stevenson – a friend of Ms. Donoghue bought her a bottle of ginger beer, which contained the partially decomposed remains of a snail. Since the contract was between her friend and the shop owner, Mrs. Donoghue could not sue under the contract, but it was established that the manufacturer was in breach of a duty of care owed to her.

  5. Lists of landmark court decisions - Wikipedia

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    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.".

  6. Negligence - Wikipedia

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    The case of Donoghue v Stevenson [8] [1932] established the modern law of negligence, laying the foundations of the duty of care and the fault principle which, (through the Privy Council), have been adopted throughout the Commonwealth. May Donoghue and her friend were in a café in Paisley. The friend bought Mrs Donoghue a ginger beer float ...

  7. English tort law - Wikipedia

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    The establishment of a duty of care is usually broken up into a three-step test. 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.

  8. Tri-Cities nuclear contractor accused in $1.4M COVID loan ...

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    Stevenson received $1.4 million in federal loans during the pandemic, almost all of which was later forgiven. ... Earlier Hanford loan fraud case. This is the second report to be made public of ...

  9. List of landmark judgements of the House of Lords - Wikipedia

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    Steel v Houghton: 1788 126 ER 32 Establishes the nature of property which imports absolute enjoyment' Gee v Pritchard: 1818 Precedent in copyright law Wright v Tatham: 1838 132 E.R. 877 Hearsay: Dimes v Grand Junction Canal: 1852 3 HLC 759 A judge with a financial interest in one of the parties to a case is debarred from deciding a case ...