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Session Cases celebrates its bicentenary with an intriguing poll

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Joshua Rozenberg
Apr 09, 2021
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What’s the most interesting or important case reported by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting since the first Session Cases report was published in 1821?

The answer has to be Donoghue v Stevenson, the case about the (alleged) snail in the ginger-beer bottle — which then (allegedly) made its way into May Donoghue’s ice cream soda, leaving behind a slimy…

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