Beaulieu v Finglam (1401)Finglam v Beaulieu 1401 B & M 557 is a landmark and precedent setting case in English tort law.Ian Fitzharris Owners of dwelling liable for escape of fire to neighbour’s property arising from negligence of building contractorCourtney Stanhope Kenny, A Selection of Cases Illustrative of the English Law of Tort (Cambridge University Press, 2014) p589 While specifically it set strict liability for the escape of fire, the judgment also demarcated the limits of responsibility and liability for tort cases. It also established the first ratio of what would become duty of care.Sir John Baker, Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History:Private Law to 1750 (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 2010) 610.Stapleton v Snayth (1354) YB Pas 19, 32b-33a. Though a duty of care with regard to water and animals Beneyt v Brokkere (1358)Mason v Keeling (1700) 1 Ld Raym 606; 91 ER 1305.Malone WS. (1970). Ruminations on the Role of Fault in the History of the Common Law of Torts. Louisiana Law Review. had already been established.
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