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Which one of the following defences did the defendants in the case of Donoghue v. Stevenson not plead

In Donoghue v. Stevenson, the defendant relied on absence of a duty of care and lack of privity of contract, but did not plead that "the incident could not be prevented by…

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Which one of the following defences did the defendants in the case of Donoghue v. Stevenson not plead

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In Donoghue v. Stevenson, the defendant relied on absence of a duty of care and lack of privity of contract, but did not plead that "the incident could not be prevented by the standard of foresight of the reasonable man", since a decomposed snail in a sealed opaque bottle was a reasonably foreseeable danger.

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