McGhee v National Coal Board
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McGhee v National Coal Board [1972] UKHL 7, 1 W.L.R. 1, is a leading tort case decided by the House of Lords. The Lords held that where a breach of duty has a material effect on the likelihood of injury then the subsequent injury will be said to have been caused by the breach. This approach was taken to resolve injustice arising from the orthodox 'but for' test for factual causation. Otherwise, under the 'but for' test, multiple potential causes of harm would hold equal causal weighting, making it impossible to establish a greater than 50% probability of one cause.
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McGhee v National Coal Board | |
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Court | House of Lords |
Full case name | McGhee v National Coal Board |
Decided | 15 November 1972 |
Transcript | judgment |
Case history | |
Prior action | [1972] 3 All E.R. 1008, 1 W.L.R. 1 |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Lord Reid, Lord Wilberforce, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, Lord Kilbrandon, Lord Salmon |
Keywords | |
Tort, negligence, factual causation, |
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