Lecture notes, course 1, Consumer protection cases

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 Gib 584 In Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd case, Dr Grant, the plaintiff had bought an undergarment from a retailer. The undergarment is manufactured by the defendant, Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. Dr Grant was contracted dermatitis. ...Web

Richard Thorold Grant v. Australian Knitting Mill, Ltd. AIR 1936 …

The court held that retailers were liable for a breach of implied warranty or condition under Section 14 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1895 of South Australia. This section is similar to Section 14 of the English Sale of Goods Act, 1893. The court said that damage suffered was attributed to the negligent or improper way in which the manufacturers ...Web

Defination of Merchantable Quality

In the Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd (1936) AC 85 case, appellant was purchase woollen garment from the retailers. Appellant was not realized that the woollen garment was in a defective condition and cause the appellant contracted dermatitis of an external origin. This is because he has wear woollen garment which is defective …Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 - Case Summary Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 by Lawprof Team In shop: First-class Oxford tort law notes Law has never been this simple Go to shop Key points Manufacturers are liable in negligence for injury caused to the ultimate …

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10 See, inter alia, Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85; Haynes v Harwood [1935] 1 KB 146; Deyong v Shenburn [1946] KB 227; Farr v Butters Bros [1932] 2 KB 606. 11 Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1978] AC 728 (" Anns").Web

Donoghue v. Stevenson and Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd …

The paper will basically give a summary of case law (Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd [1936]). This is an example of judicial precedence in action. In summarizing the case law, the paper will outline the relevant facts about the case and thus shows how it developed an early case Donoghue v.Web

Case Law as a Source of Law

In Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd case, Dr Grant, the plaintiff had bought an undergarment from a retailer. The undergarment is manufactured by the …Web

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Australian Knitting Mills v Grant (1933) 50 CLR 387, 207 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 112 ALR 627, 116, 142 Babaniaris v Lutony Fashions Pty Ltd (1987) 163 CLR 1, 143 Balmain New Ferry Co v Robertson (1904) 4 CLR 379, 107 Barristers Board v YoungWeb

Precedent in Action

Donoghue v. Stevenson and Grant v. The Australian Knitting Mills • One material fact of this case was the duty of care in which Stevenson owed to its consumers, as a manufacturer, it had to ensure that all its products would be safe to use or consume. A breach of the duty of care led to negligence (another material fact),Web

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Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant (1933) 50 CLR 387. Contract; contents; terms implied by legislation; sale of goods; implied condition requiring delivery of goods of merchantable quality. Facts: Grant purchased some woolen underwear manufactured by Australian Knitting Mills. When he wore the underwear, Grant developed an itchy rash which ...Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 (Lord Wright's entire judgment) Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd [1970] AC 1004, 1025-1030E per Lord Reid.. A. Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 (opinion of Lord Wright) What were the facts of the case? Which court heard the case and how had the case reached it? Facts of the case- …Web

What is Merchantable Quality?

In the Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd (1936) AC 85 case, appellant was purchase woollen garment from the retailers. Appellant was not realized that the woollen garment was in a defective condition and cause the appellant contracted dermatitis of an external origin. This is because he has wear woollen garment which is defective …Web

grant v australian knitting mills 1936 case summary

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd [1936] AC 85,PC Facts: Dr Grant was a medical practitioner in Adelaide,South Australia Dr Grant bought a pair of long woolen underpants from a retailer,the respondents being the manufacturers The underpants contained an excess of sulphite which was a chemical used in their manufactureGrant V Australian ...Web

Summary of key points of important cases used in exams.

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] (Implied guarantees) Dr Grant suffered severe dermatitis after she wore clothes that contained traces of chemicals left over after the processing of the wool by the manufacturer, Australian Knitting Mills. He successfully sued the retailer, Martin & Sons, for breach of the implied condition as to ...Web

Grant Appellant AND Australian Knitting Mills reported case

GRANT APPELLANT; AND AUSTRALIAN KNITTING MILLS, LIMITED, AND OTHERS RESPONDENTS. ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. ... Judgment of the High Court of Australia (Australian Knitting Mills, Ld. v. Grant50 C. L. R. 387) reversed. [1936] A. 85 Page 86. APPEAL (No. 84 of 1934), by special leave, from a …Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills

Richard Thorold Grant Appellant v. Australian Knitting Mills, Limited, and others Respondents FROM THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. …Web

The nature of legal reasoning: a commentary with special …

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 at 100. 16 16. Op. cit. p. 30. 17 17. ... Please list any fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response. ...Web

Grant V Australian Knitting Mills | PDF | Government | Wellness

GRANT v AUSTRALIAN KNITTING MILLS, LTD [1936] AC 85, PC. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The procedural history of the case: the Supreme Court of South Australia, the High Court of Australia. Judges: Viscount Hailsham L.C., Lord Blanksnurgh, Lord Macmillan, Lord Wright and Sir Lancelot Sandreson. The appellant: Richard Thorold …Web

Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562

The quote from Lord Atkin is referred to as the neighbour principle, which provides for a general duty of care. Prior to Donoghue v Stevenson, tort law consisted of specific torts where a duty of care is recognised, such as property torts, the tort of trespass etc. Donoghue v Stevenson changed the law of tort by creating the tort of negligence ...Web

Common Sense Causation--An Australian View

7 See eg Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd [1936] AC 85 per Lord Wright at 107; Sigurdson v British Columbia Electric Railway Co Ltd [1952] AC 291 per Lord Tucker at 299. Note also the Court of Appeal's statements in Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [1952] 2 QB 608 per Denning LJ at 616; Cork v Kirby Maclean Ltd [1952] 2Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85

Australian Knitting Mills and John Martin & Co. filed an appeal in the High Court, arguing that the duty to care articulated in the case of Donoghue v Stevenson, …Web

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a. Grant, the appellant, contracted dermatitis because of wearing woollen underwear which was purchased from Australian Knitting Mills. It was in defective condition owing to the presence of excess sulphites which was negligently left in the process of manufacture. He claimed damages against the retailers and the manufacturers b.Web

THE DOCTRINE OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENT | The Lawyers

In Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd case, Dr Grant, the plaintiff had bought an undergarment from a retailer. The undergarment is manufactured by the defendant, Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. Dr Grant was contracted dermatitis. The undergarment was in a defective condition owing to the presence of excess of sulphite.Web

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2 Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. [1936] A.C. 85, 90 (per Lord Wright). 3 [1932] A.C. 562. In fact, the dates mentioned in the quotation precede the date of the judgment in …Web

403. Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85

In a prolonged trial the Supreme Court of Southern Australia (Murray CJ) found both retailers and manufacturers liable. Retailers were liable under the equivalent of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and Manufacturers were liable in tort on the authority of Donoghue v Stevenson (snail in soda pop bottle case). The Australian High Court …Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. 'The appellant is a fully qualified medical man practising at Adelaide in South Australia. He brought his action against the respondents, …Web

1936 Grant V Australia | PDF | Negligence | Tort

Principle of Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] A. C. 562 applied. That principle can be applied only where the defect is hidden and unknown to the customer or consumer. The liability in tort was independent of any question of contract. Judgment of the High Court of Australia (Australian Knitting Mills, Ld. v. Grant 50 C. L. R. 387) reversed.Web

A Century of Torts: Western Australian Appeals to the High …

Commissioner of Railways (WA) v Davis Bro~,~' the plaintiff's horses died from eating wheat thrown out of a train following a derailment.22 Donoghue v Stevenson was not initially welcomed by the High Court. In Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant 23 (the case of the defective underpants, which causedWeb

Liability for Goods Lecture

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85. There may be a reasonable contemplation of intermediate examination by a third party or the consumer, for example, a hairdresser or consumer warned to test a hair product before use. Warning. An 'adequate' warning may discharge the manufacturers' duty of care. See in:Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd

In effect, the implied condition of being fit for the particular purpose for which they are required, and the implied condition of being merchantable, produce in cases of this type the same result. It may also be pointed out that there is a sale by description even though the buyer is buying something displayed before him on the counter: a ...Web

Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant 1933 HCA 35 1933 50 CLR …

7/30/22, 10:41 AM Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant [1933] HCA 35; (1933) 50 CLR 387 (18 August 1933) garments are manufactured; the next is to bleach and shrink it, and the third introduces bisulphite of soda for the purpose of getting rid of the free chlorine formed in the second step; the remaining steps are for neutralizing or washing …Web

University of Western Australia

Dr Grant brought an action for damages in the Supreme Court of South Australia, suing the retailers for breach of the implied terms of merchantable quality and fitness for purpose under the Sale of Goods Act 1895 (SA), and the manufacturers, Australian Knitting Mills, for breach of the manufacturer's duty of care.Web

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes: Week 4: 3.4

3.4 Australia. As early as 1936, only four years after the decision in Donoghue, the concept of negligence was further expanded in the Australian case of Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85. In this case the manufacturers failed to remove a chemical irritant from their woollen underwear.Web

Grant v Australian Knitting mills

Grant v Australian Knitting mills. Where is this case heard? Where did it start? Appeal from high court to the privy council Originated in Australia (Their Supreme court is belpw the high court?) What kind of case is it? Civil case between- Tort of negligence Who are the parties? Grant & Aus knitting mills Whats it about? Which facts are material? …Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills | [1935] UKPC 2

JUDGMENT ORIGINAL PDF Grant v Australian Knitting Mills JISCBAILII_CASE_TORT Privy Council Appeal No. 84 of 1934. Richard Thorold Grant Appellant v. Australian …Web

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills

4 rowsGrant v Australian Knitting Mills, is a landmark case in consumer and negligence law from 1935, ...Web

The Adaptability of the Common Law to Change

purchaser of the product. This decision was applied the following year in Australia in . Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant. 5. Cases such as these serve to remind us that large decisions often arise from fairly mundane circumstances: in . Donoghue v Stevenson. the decomposed remains of a snail in the bottle of ginger beer; in . Grant's caseWeb

TOWARDS GENERAL THEORY OF NEGLIGENCE AND

Wright in Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd,6 and by the majority of the House of Lords in Bourhill v. Young7 deprived such doubts of their basis. ... 'Invitation' (1953) 2 University of Western Australia Annual Law Review 543, 567-569. l6The first comprehensive attempt to analyse the occupiers' law in the UnitedWeb

Legum Case Brief: Grant v Australian Knitting Mills

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills [1936] AC 85 . Material Facts: The claimant bought underwear from the defendant for his use and suffered skin irritation and eventually …Web

A Century of Torts: Western Australian Appeals to the High …

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills Ltd (1935) 54 CLR 49. Australian appeals were among the early cases heard by the High Court in the wake of these developments, possibly before their full impact had been appreciated. One was Buckle v Bayswater Road Board,15 which has already been referred to.Web