Watson v. Buckley, Osborne Garrett Si. Co. Ltd. and Wyrovoy Products Ltd, [1940] 1 All E.R. 174

Citation:Watson v. Buckley, Osborne Garrett Si. Co. Ltd. and Wyrovoy Products Ltd, [1940] 1 All E.R. 174

Rule of thumb:What happens if you sustain an injury at the hairdresser? This is an actionable claim if general practices or instructions on products have not been followed.

Judgment:

‘In my view there is an implied warranty, or it is an implied term of the contract, that when I go into a hairdresser% shop and say I want my hair done, the hairdresser will apply to my head something which is a hair dye, and not something which in this particular case, through no conceivable fault or negligence on the part of (the hairdresser), was in fact a poisonous and harmful substance’, Stable J at 180

Ratio-decidendi:

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