Chemistry
The Concept of Duty of Care in Negligence Claims
Quick fact
The modern concept of duty of care was born in 1932 when a snail allegedly found its way into a ginger beer bottle in Scotland. That single case, Donoghue v Stevenson, created a universal legal principle that now governs billions of dollars in liability worldwide.
Why this is interesting
You trip on a loose floorboard in a café and break your wrist. Who is legally responsible—and why does the answer depend on something called 'duty of care'?