Carr v Mercantile Produce Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1949
Date1949
CourtKing's Bench Division
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13 cases
  • Close v Steel Company of Wales Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 23 Junio 1961
    ...this tendency was corrected by my noble and learned friend, Lord Goddard, when he became Lord Chief Justice. In the case of Carr v. Mercantile Produce Co. Ltd. [1949] 2 K.B. 601 he re-established the test of foreseeability laid down in Hindle v. Birtwistle and it has never been doubted sin......
  • Wearing v Pirelli Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 15 Diciembre 1976
    ...It is entirely a question of degree." 28This test, depending as it does on the circumstances of each particular case ( Carr v. Mercantile Produce Co., Ltd. [1949] 2 K.B. 601) has been consistently applied ever since. It was authoritatively adopted by your Lordships' House in Close v. Steel......
  • Ehoan Green v The Captain's Bakery Ltd
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 18 Julio 2014
    ...Flettons– [1937] 1 ALL ER 175 and Hindle v Birtwistle– [1897] 1 QB 192 and Lauder v Barr and Stroud– [1927] SC (J.) 21 and Carr v Mercantile Produce Co. Ltd– [1949] 2 ALL ER 531 and Smithwick v National Coal Board– [1950] 2 KB 335. In the Jamaican case of Walker v Clarke [1959] 1 WIR 14......
  • Minister for Industry and Commerce v Skerries Shirt Company Ltd
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 21 Enero 1959
    ...25 B.W.C.C. 113, at p. 125; Walker v. Bletchley Flettons Ltd.UNK[1937] 1 All E.R. 170, at p. 176; Carr v. Mercantile Produce Ltd.,UNK [1949] 2 All E.R. 531, at p. 534; Smithwick v. National Coal Board,ELR[1950] 2 K.B. 335, at p. 350; and Williams v. Sykes and Harrison Ltd.,UNK [1955] 3 All ......
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