George v Skivington
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Date | 1865 |
Court | Exchequer |
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8 cases
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M'Alister or Donoghue (Pauper) v Stevenson
...dangerous is in fact dangerous due to some defect or for any other reason, and this is known to the manufacturer. Until the case of George v. Skivington, L.R., 5 Ex., 1, I know of no further modification of the general rule. 16As to (1), in the case of things dangerous in themselves, there ......
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Smith v Eric S Bush
...to the plaintiff and use by him? That appears from the case of Langridge v. Levy [ (1837) 2 M. & W. 519] as extended by Cleasby, B. in George v. Skivington; [ (1869) L.R. 5 Ex. 1, 5] and from the decision of that good judge, Chitty, J., in Cann v. Willson, [ (1888) 39 Ch. D. 39] which is ......
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Hedley Byrne & Company Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd
...suffered because the staging had been carelessly put up he was entitled to succeed in a claim against the defendant. The chemist in George v. Skivington, L.R. 5 Ex. 1 sold the bottle of hair wash to the husband knowing that it was to be used by the wife. It was held on demurrer that the ch......
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2 books & journal articles
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THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSALITY
...16 Tort Law Review 8 at 9. 15 Gary Chan, The Law of Torts in Singapore (Academy Publishing, 2011) at p 75. See, eg, George v Shivington(1869) LR 5 Ex 1. 16 (1883) 11 QBD 503. 17(1883) 11 QBD 503. 18Heaven v Pender(1883) 11 QBD 503 at 509. 19[1932] AC 562. 20Donoghue v Stevenson[1932] AC 562......
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The ‘Reasonable Man’, his Nineteenth‐century ‘Siblings’, and their Legacy
...to the plaintiff (even ofthat proximity was not temporal ± such as the case of a leaving a hazard on a road).140 George v. Skivington (1869) LR 5 Ex 1.141 Longmeid v. Holliday (1851) 6 Ex 761, 768.ß2017 The Author. Journal of Law and Society ß2017 Cardiff University Law This case, decided a......