Earl v Lubbock

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1905
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Rich (Marc) & Co. AG et al. v. Bishop Rock Marine Co. et al., (1995) 185 N.R. 265 (HL)
    • Canada
    • 6 July 1995
    ...would obviously be lacking. Lord Atkin deals with that sort of question in Donoghue's case where he refers to Earl v. Lubbock , [1905] 1 K.B. 253, 259: he quotes the commonsense opinion of Mathew, L.J.: 'It is impossible to accept such a wide proposition, and, indeed, it is difficult to see......
  • London Graving Dock Company Ltd v Horton
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 9 May 1951
    ..."It is, I think, clear that the case does not come within the principle of Indermaur v. Dames and the cases which followed it down to Earl v. Lubbock [1905] 1 K.B. 253, because one of the essential facts necessary to bring a case within that principle is that the injured person must not ha......
  • McTear v Imperial Tobacco Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session (Outer House)
    • 31 May 2005
    ...is ignorant of the danger, the owner is not liable for damage caused by it to persons with whom he has no contract. (Earl v Lubbock [1905] 1 K.B. 253) (3) In the case of a thing dangerous in itself, where either the danger is obvious or the owner has given proper warning to the person entru......
  • Ratcliffe and Others v North Yorkshire County Council
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 6 July 1995
    ...the element of directness would obviously be lacking. Lord Atkin deals with that sort of question in Donoghue's case where he refers to Earl v. Lubbock [1905] 1 K.B. 253, 259: he quotes the commonsense opinion of Mathew L.J.: 'It is impossible to accept such a wide proposition, and, indeed......
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  • Responsibility in Law and Morality.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 27 No. 3, December 2003
    • 1 December 2003
    ...(41) Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, 568, 577 8 (Lord Buckmaster), 599-600 (Lord Tomlin). (42) Ibid 621. (43) Ibid 579. (44) [1905] 1 KB 253,259, quoted in Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, 592 (Lord Atkin), 615 (Lord (45) Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562, 580. (46) Ibid 583. (47) I......

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