Case Examples

Question 1

Donoghue v Stevenson

(the snail and the ginger beer)

Answer 1

defined how duty of care is established for the tort of negligence with regards to harmful products which have been consumed internally

Question 2

Grant v Austalian Knitting Mills Ltd

Answer 2

Extended upon Donoghue v Stevenson that the tort of negligence applies to products applied externally to the body

Question 3

Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller

Answer 3

Whether liabilit could arrise for economic loss flowing from negeligent advise