United Kingdom

Nocton v Lord Ashburton

[1914] AC 932

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year1914

Statusunclear

Key Principle

Doctrinal subject: professional negligence and the conditions under which a person will be taken to have assumed responsibility for the welfare of another

Area of Law

Tort

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