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Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1977] UKHL 4, [1978] AC 728 was a decision of the House of Lords. It established a broad test for determining the existence of a duty of care in the tort of negligence called the Anns test or sometimes the two-stage test for true third-party negligence. This case was overruled by Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991].

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  • Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1977] UKHL 4, [1978] AC 728 was a decision of the House of Lords. It established a broad test for determining the existence of a duty of care in the tort of negligence called the Anns test or sometimes the two-stage test for true third-party negligence. This case was overruled by Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991]. (en)
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  • 1977-05-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Lord Wilberforce (en)
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  • Anns and others v London Borough of Merton (en)
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  • Anns v Merton London Borough Council (en)
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  • Established the two-stage Anns test whether a duty of care existed which requires: a 'sufficient relationship of proximity based upon foreseeability' between plaintiff and defendant; and considerations of reasons that there should not be a duty of care. (en)
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  • Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991] (en)
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  • Judgment for defendant at first hearing on the basis that the plaintiffs were statute barred. (en)
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  • Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1977] UKHL 4, [1978] AC 728 was a decision of the House of Lords. It established a broad test for determining the existence of a duty of care in the tort of negligence called the Anns test or sometimes the two-stage test for true third-party negligence. This case was overruled by Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991]. (en)
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  • Anns v Merton LBC (en)
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