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Mullen v AG Barr & Co Ltd

1929 SC 461; [1929] ScotCS CSIH_3 (Court of Session, Inner House)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Session (Inner House), Scotland

Year1929

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

On the then-prevailing contractual approach, a manufacturer of sealed/opaque goods owed no duty of care in delict to the ultimate consumer absent a contractual relationship (a position shortly afterwards rejected in Donoghue v Stevenson).

Area of Law

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