Reviewed case brief
Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Morts Dock and Engineering Co Ltd (The Wagon Mound No. 1)
[1961] AC 388
[1961] AC 388 · Privy Council
- Court
- Privy Council
- Year
- 1961
- Subjects
- Law of Torts
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
The test for remoteness of damage in negligence is reasonable foreseeability, not directness; Re Polemis overruled.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
[1961] AC 388
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