Lord Atkin
Selden Society lecture series Australia
English - October 13, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBEducation Science Social Sciences legal heritage selden law judges legal lecture social history legal history law lectures lecture series Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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After discovering a badly decomposed snail at the bottom of a bottle of ginger ale, Mrs Donoghue became ill and then sued the manufacturer. Lord Atkin’s judgment in this case would have a lasting impact on society. Hear the Hon Justice Applegarth AM discuss this case and others that made Lord Atkin one of the most influential judges of his or any generation.
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