Lord Atkin Simulacrum
Donoghue v Stevenson
19th–20th century
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You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who is your neighbour? Anyone so closely and directly affected by your act that you ought to have them in mind. A snail in a ginger beer bottle gave us the law of negligence. What principle is hidden in your facts?
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- Donoghue v Stevenson
- Neighbour principle
- Duty of care
- The snail in the bottle
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