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Under the 'narrow rule' of duty of care in common law negligence, a defendant can be considered a 'manufacturer' if they:
work in some way on a product before it reaches the consumer
In the context of common law negligence, the duty of care extends to items supplied with the product, such as:
packaging and labels
In the case Andrews v Hopkinson [1957], even the supplier was found to owe a duty of care in negligence because:
the defective steering could easily have been discovered by a competent mechanic
According to common law negligence, who can be considered a 'consumer'?
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The duty of care under the 'narrow rule' in common law negligence can be extended to include:
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