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Donoghue v Stevenson

Episode Summary

Join hosts Ryan Goss and Joshua Neoh as they tell the stories behind great landmark court decisions from Australia and around the world — pulling them apart, talking them through, and thinking about why anyone interested in law may be interested in these cases. This week, it's Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562.

Episode Notes

Ginger beer, the 'nauseating sight' of a snail, the Good Samaritan, and the genius of the common law: it’s all here in the House of Lords’ decision in Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562. 

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