Crash Repair Car

Darius who recently passed his driving test has asked his close friend Selina, to find a good car and to be specific he did not want a crash repair car. Selina was not a mechanic however she had some familiarity of selling and buying used cars. Selina spotted that Jim was selling a second hand or a used VW Golf car for £5,000 even though the bonnet seemed to be straightened and crumpled and she believed that Jim would not cheat her. She begged Darius to buy the car and guaranteed Darius that the car was not a crash-repair car and was in a decent state. Two months after Darius bought the car that was recommended by Selina, he discovered that the car had formerly been written off then poorly repaired and was worth nothing.

In a relevant case of Chaudhry v Prabhakar (1989), the Court of Appeal apprehended that the duty of care would surface on the person accused in a court of law, which are the friend of plaintiff that offered a negligent advice to the plaintiff to purchase a used car that was damaged and worthless. The defendant will be responsible although the defendant was not an expert in repairing cars or a mechanic. The following cases such as Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) and Anns and Others v Merton

She fell sick and she sued the bottle manufacturer, Mr Stevenson. The House of Lords held that Stevenson owed her a duty of care to her that was breached and also it was reasonably foreseeable that failure to guarantee the products would lead to harm of customers. Similarly to Anns and Others v Merton London Borough Council HL (1978), the plaintiff purchased her apartment only to discover later that the foundations were faulty. The local authority had overseen the fulfillment with Building Regulations whilst it was being built however, failed to notice the