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Jolley v Sutton LBC

[2000] 1 WLR 1082
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHouse of Lords
Year2000
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In negligence, a defendant is liable where injury of the relevant type or description was reasonably foreseeable, even if the precise manner in which the injury occurred, or its full extent, was not itself foreseeable.

Area of Law

General

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