Donoghue V Stevenson 1932
Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd Woollen Underwear Case 1935 54 CLR 49. It continues to be cited as an authority in legal cases and used as an example. Lecture 10 Law Of Tort Law Notes Law Personal Injury Law The wider importance of the case is that it established the general principle of the duty of care concept in law. . The precedents before the case of Donoghue v. Grant v Australian Knitting Mills is a landmark case in consumer and negligence law from 1935 holding that where a manufacturer knows that a consumer may be injured if the manufacturer does not take reasonable care the manufacturer owes a duty to the consumer to take that reasonable care. This test departs from Donoghue v Stevenson 3. Stevenson also known as the snail in the bottle case is a significant case in Western law. The case of Nettleship v Weston 1 concerned the concept of a duty of care which is a fundamental element of the tort of negligence. ...
