In ''Tarry v Ashton'' (1876) 1 QBD 314, an important case in

English tort law English tort law concerns the compensation for harm to people's rights to health and safety, a clean environment, property, their economic interests, or their reputations. A "tort" is a wrong in civil, rather than criminal law, that usually requi ...

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A lamp that the defendant had employed an independent contractor to repair was not securely fastened to the wall of the defendant's house. It fell on a passer-by.

Judgment

Finding the defendant to be liable, Lord Blackman said the following:

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* ''Tarry v Ashton'' (1876) 1 QBD 314. English tort case law 1876 in case law 1876 in British law {{Case-law-stub

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