. "Lord Wilberforce"@en . . "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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "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 . . . . . . . . . "Anns v Merton London Borough Council"@en . . . . "[1978] AC 728"@en . . "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 . . "1977-05-12"^^ . "Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991]"@en . . . . . . . . . "Anns v Merton LBC"@en . . . . "Judgment for defendant at first hearing on the basis that the plaintiffs were statute barred."@en . "[1977] 2 All ER 492"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1085176027"^^ . . "[1977] 2 WLR 1024"@en . . . . "Anns and others v London Borough of Merton"@en . . . "5"^^ . . "11938"^^ . . . "2263856"^^ .