In
Donoghue v Stevenson
[1932] AC 562, Lord Atkin referred to ‘acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour’. However, in
Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd
[1987] 1 All ER 710, Lord Goff stated: ‘the common law does not impose liability for what are called pure omissions’.
Critically assess the circumstances in which a failure to act may give rise to a claim in negligence.
Could you please explain it to me in an essay type answer with cases and all.
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