The court described the duty of a shopkeeper to take care for his customers: ‘The duty of a shopkeeper in this class of case is well-established. It may be said to be a duty to use reasonable care to see that the shop floor, on which people are invited, is kept reasonably safe, and if an unusual danger is present of which the injured person is unaware, and the danger is one which would not be expected and ought not to be present, the onus of proof is on the defendants to explain how it was that the accident happened.’
Judges:
Lord Goddard CJ
Citations:
[1949] 2 All ER 911
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Laverton v Kiapasha (T/A Takeaway Supreme) CA 19-Nov-2002
Slipping on wet floor of takeaway – claimant had too much to drink – wearing high heels.
Held: ‘There is a distinction between particular dangers such as greasy spillages, which it is reasonable to expect a shopkeeper to deal with . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Personal Injury, Negligence
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.200646
