Business Law

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In this case , the workmen of Newtown borough council caused the continuous power failure on repairing the road . As a result the old man Alex fell down and got injured due to dark .Moreover the Cool Cola co faced a heavy loss in profit due to the malfunction of machineries . Here Alex and Cool Cola Co . are likely to bring a claim against Newtown Borough Council for their negligence liability . Now we shall look upon the liability of the council as well as we shall examine whether Alex and Cool Cola

co . succeed their claim on the basis of negligence under business law

The aspect of negligence always consists of the essentials of duty of care , breach of duty and the damages as consequences of such breach of duty . In the famous case the Donogue Vs Stevenson (1 ) it was held that negligence is a duty of care and it is not simply as an element which has more complex relationship or in some specialized breach of duty . In this case A purchased a bottle of ginger beer in which the plaintiff found out a decomposed body of snail . She brought an action against the manufacturer of for damages . The court held that the manufacturer owed her a duty to take care that the bottle did not contain any noxious matter and that he would be liable on the breach of the duty . Moreover in Heaved Vs Pender (2 ) the scope of negligence was explained as the actionable negligence...