United Kingdom duty of careliability for third partiespublic authority liability

Dorset Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office

[1970] UKHL 2

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords

Year1970

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Doctrinal subject: negligence and marked the start of a rapid expansion in the scope of negligence in the United Kingdom by widening the circumstances in which a court was likely…

Area of Law

Tort

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