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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...
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    however was radically altered by the House of Lords in the decision of Donoghue v Stevenson, where Lord Atkin held that the particular relationships that had...
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    accountants did owe a duty of care to him within the principles stated in Donoghue v Stevenson; whereas Mr. Foster on behalf of the accountants submitted that the...
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  • Dick Atkin, Baron Atkin (category Barons created by George V)
    remembered as the judge giving the leading judgement in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson in 1932, in which he established the modern law of negligence in...
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    a duty of care by applying the test formulated by Lord Atkin in Donoghue v. Stevenson, saying: "the Post Office had brought on the public highway apparatus...
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    a potential result of the defendant's conduct (as established in Donoghue v Stevenson), the parties must be in a relationship of proximity, and it must...
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  • discretion of judges. In Australia, Donoghue v Stevenson was used as a persuasive precedent in the case of Grant v Australian Knitting Mills (AKR) (1936)...
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    Atkin in Donoghue v Stevenson, the "neighbour principle": Through the trilogy of cases in this House, Donoghue v Stevenson, Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller...
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    MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. (1916) and finally in England by the doctrine of the "neighbour principle" in Donoghue v Stevenson (1932). Butterfield v Forrester...
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  • USA In other uses: Donoghue v. Stevenson, legal case originating in Scotland Stevenson and Higgins, Scottish cabinet company Stevenson screen an enclosure...
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  • lives in an urbanised modern society. In words of Lord Atkin in Donoghue v Stevenson, "You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which...
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    illustrated by Donoghue v Stevenson. A friend of Donoghue ordered an opaque bottle of ginger beer (intended for the consumption of Donoghue) in a café in...
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    since the early twentieth century, one of the leading cases being Donoghue v Stevenson. Fourthly, under the Enterprise Act 2002, s 8, as in most developed...
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    covered by authority but whether recognised principles apply to it. Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 may be regarded as a milestone, and the well-known...
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    approval by Lord Atkin in Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100 [1] Business Week article regarding the case Winterbottom v. Wright, 152 Eng. Rep. 402...
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  • credited as appearing in the United States in Brown v. Kendall, the later Scottish case of Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, followed in England, brought England...
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    considered "bad law", having been superseded by the landmark decisions of Donoghue v Stevenson and The Wagon Mound (No 1). Defendant's stevedore employees were...
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  • was used by Mrs Donoghue in the 1932 case Donoghue v Stevenson, as a precedent to support her case. This case supported Mrs Donoghue's claim that manufacturers...
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  • Donoghue may refer to: Donoghue v Stevenson, 1932 Donoghue v. Allied Newspapers Ltd., 1938; see Authorship and ownership in copyright law in Canada Donoghue...
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  • century. The doctrine was significantly developed in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson, where a woman succeeded in establishing a manufacturer of ginger...
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    of tort, providing a wide scope of protection, especially since Donoghue v Stevenson. For liability under negligence, a duty of care must be established...
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  • longer the same as it was in the 19th century.) Donoghue v. Stevenson: A formative House of Lords case. Caparo v. Dickman: 3 Tests for duty of care is whether...
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    distinct English and Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish law, as in Donoghue v Stevenson, a Scots case that forms the basis of the UK's law of negligence...
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    interests. Donoghue v Stevenson (1932), also known as ‘The Paisley Snail case’, is considered to have defined the concept of duty of care. Mrs. Donoghue was...
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    Canton (liqueur) Socată Tilda (cocktail) List of soft drink flavors Donoghue v. Stevenson, legal case involving ginger beer Ginger Bug - Zero Waste Chef Thomas...
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    not have another form of action: for instance, in Donoghue v. Stevenson – a friend of Ms. Donoghue bought her a bottle of ginger beer, which contained...
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    U.S. case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. (1916) and, in the UK, in Donoghue v Stevenson (1932). Both MacPherson and Donoghue were product liability cases...
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    The following citation refers to page 573 of the Donoghue v Stevenson judgment: Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, 573. See Oxford Standard for the Citation...
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  • applied to the facts before the court. As an example, the ratio in Donoghue v. Stevenson would be that a person owes a duty of care to those who he can reasonably...
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    covered by authority but whether recognised principles apply to it. Donoghue v Stevenson may be regarded as a milestone, and the well-known passage in Lord...
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