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Res ipsa loquitur: Thomson v Iceland Foods Ltd considered

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Explains, using case law, the conditions for the application of res ipsa loquitur and the rebuttal of the inference of negligence, focusing on Thomson v Iceland Foods Ltd (SAC) that res ipsa loquitur applied in circumstances where a supermarket customer was injured after tripping on a raised edge of a doormat within the store, and the supermarket operator had not offered an explanation to displace the inference of negligence.

Source: ResearchOnline (Glasgow Caledonian University)

Author: Russell, Eleanor

Language: English

Topic: Legal principles and applications

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7071029042

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