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Anns v Merton LBC
[1978] AC 728
Key Principle
A duty of care in negligence arises where there is sufficient proximity based on foreseeability of harm, unless policy considerations negate or limit it (the 'Anns two-stage test'); this test was subsequently overruled by Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991].
Area of Law
Tort
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