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Case Brief: Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562

Facts: In 1928 the claimant, Mrs Donoghue argued that she had suffered shock and gastroenteritis (upset stomach) after drinking ginger beer from an opaque bottle out of which a decomposing snail had fallen when the dregs were poured. A friend had bought her the drink and so the claimant was unable to sue in her […]

Case Brief: Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1978] AC 728

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Facts: The defendants, a local authority had failed to ensure that building work complied with the plans, and as a result the building had inadequate foundations. The claimant, a tenant who had leased the property after it had changed hands many times, claimed that the damage to the property threatened health and safety and sued

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