Taylor v Rover Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtAssizes
Date1966
Year1966

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8 cases
  • O'Sullivan v Ireland, the Attorney General
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 May 2019
    ...Denny & Sons Ltd (Supreme Court, unreported, 29 July 1955), Mason v Williams & Williams Ltd [1955] 1 WLR 549 and Taylor v Rover Co Ltd [1966] 1 WLR 1491. Nor is this defendant unknown, since the standard practice, whether for right or wrong is not commented on here, is to sue all potentia......
  • Fitzroy Blair v Donovan Smith
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 29 March 2016
    ...15 K.I.R. 309. Similarly, the independent contractor does not owe a duty of care to the employee of the person who employed him: Taylor v Rover Co Ltd and Others [1966] 1 W.L.R. 1491. 28 In the unreported case of Roger Ian Dayes v A. Chong and Others C.L. D207/95 delivered on 8 th October, ......
  • Mrs K Against Chief Constable Of The Police Service Of Scotland
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 28 April 2020
    ...rely upon the 21 ignorance of an individual who was the decision-maker to avoid the threshold of reasonable foreseeability (Taylor v Rover Co [1966] 1 WLR 1491).” [43] On causation, the Lord Ordinary had regard to the evidence of Mrs Ross, who had explained that the most significantly harmf......
  • Howmet Ltd v Economy Devices Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 August 2016
    ...Donoghue v Stevenson principle is not always straightforward. Three authorities provide helpful illumination, namely Taylor v Rover Company Limited & Ors [1966] 1 WLR 1491, Lexmead (Basingstoke) Limited & Ors v Lewis & Ors [1982] AC 225 and Schering Agrochemicals Ltd v Resibel N.V. S.A. v E......
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11 books & journal articles
  • The producer's liability in negligence
    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Product Liability (Third Edition) Part III. Liability in tort for negligence
    • Invalid date
    ...and psychological responses to such occurrences, see paras 16.11–16.18. 111 93 So 2d 860, 861 (Fla, 1957). 112 Taylor v Rover Co Ltd [1966] 2 All ER 181, [1966] 1 WLR 1491; Mason v Williams & Williams, Ltd [1955] 1 All ER 808, [1955] 1 WLR 549. See also Davies v New Merton Board Mills Ltd [......
  • Causation, remoteness of damage, and defences
    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Product Liability (Third Edition) Part IV. Liability in tort
    • Invalid date
    ...[2010] 2 CLC 277, [64] per Aikens LJ. 412 Intervening conduct of the claimant is discussed at paras 17.138–17.140. 413 [1966] 2 All ER 181, [1966] 1 WLR 1491. 414 See further, paras 14.38–14.47 for a discussion of the responsibility of the manufacturer for processing, 415 Norton Australia P......
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to the Law of Product Liability
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Product Liability: Law and Insurance
    • Invalid date
    ...negotiated by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the Personal Injuries Bar Association. 1.328 In Thai Trading Co (a Firm) v Taylor 141 the Court of Appeal decided that it was not improper for a solicitor to act on the basis that he would charge his ordinary fee, if the case was ......
  • Chapter 3: Product Liability in the Commercial Context
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Product Liability: Law and Insurance
    • Invalid date
    ...on warnings to test chemicals used in school laboratory. 145 [1937] 3 All ER 970. 146 [1940] 1 All ER 174. 147 [1966] CLY 8148. 148 [1966] 1 WLR 1491. Although this was a case involving injury at work and so the employer was also liable. 150 [1968] 3 All ER 217. 151 Simaan General Contracti......
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