Sochacki v Sas and Another

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1947
Date1947
CourtKing's Bench Division
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14 cases
  • Gore v Stannard (trading as Wyvern Tyres)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • October 4, 2012
    ...defect in the electric wiring: Collingwood v Home and Colonial Stores Ltd; or a spark leaps out of the fireplace without negligence: Sochacki v Sas." (Emphasis added) 86 Whatever the precise basis for liability analysed in modern terms, historically it was simply based on custom of the real......
  • Emanuel (H. & N.) Ltd v Greater London Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • March 8, 1971
    ...wood v. Home & Colonial Stores Ltd. ( 1936) 3 A. E. R. 200; or a spark leaps out of the fireplace without negligence - ( Sochacki v. Sas 1947) A. E. R. 344. All those cases are covered, if not by the common law, at any rate by the Fire Prevention Act, 1774, which covers all cases where a fi......
  • LMS International Ltd and Others v Styrene Packaging and Insulation Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • September 30, 2005
    ...>Clerk v Lindsell On Torts 18th Edition, paragraph 20–46. This does not, however, extend to domestic fires in grates and fireplaces: see Sochacki v Sas [1947] 1 ALL ER 344 and J Doltis Limited v Issac Braithwaite & Sons (Engineers) Limited [1957] 1 Ll L Rep 32 In at least two other cases, ......
  • Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
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