This case attracted relatively little attention until Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co, in which Lord Reid described it as a “milestone” that should be applied by default. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1936 Scottish case that laid the foundations for modern negligence law. The plaintiff in this case became ill after drinking a bottle of ginger beer that was contaminated with a snail, whereupon she successfully sued the manufacturer.
ANSWER: Donoghue v Stevenson [or McAlister v Stevenson or M’Alister v Stevenson]
[10e] Donoghue has often been described as making this branch of law, which deals with civil wrongs such as trespass, separate from contract law.
ANSWER: tort law
[10h] In the Donoghue decision, Lord Atkin introduced this principle which translated the Biblical Great Commandment into common law, by defining a person who ought to be “in contemplation as being affected” by one’s actions.
ANSWER: neighbor principle
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