On Susan's birthday her mother Jill bought her as a gift a state-of-the-art Byson Hairdryer from the Oxford Street leading retailer- Very Expensive Shop Plc. (VES) costing 300. VES was contacted by a well-known consumer publication WHAT Magazine, advising them that some of the Byson hairdryers were shown to be faulty, but VES chose to ignore the warning.

As Jill and Susan planned to celebrate Susan's birthday and go out to dinner that night, Jill decided to dress for the occasion and put on her new expensive Shanel coat, Jimmy Shoos shoes and Mucci handbag at the total cost of 3000. She arrived at Susan's house with the new hairdryer to gift to her daughter and waited whilst Susan was getting ready to go out.

Susan decided to use the new hairdryer but the appliance would only work on the highest setting. As a result, the excessive heat caused severe burns to Susan's head and hands. A design fault in the hairdryer would not allow for the appliance to be switched off and Susan tried to pull it out of the mains socket. As she attempted to do that, the house's electrical installation, which was old and in need of re-wiring, short-circuited setting the house ablaze. Suzan and Jill managed to escape the fire, but Jill's coat, shoes and handbag all perished in the flames.

Advise Susan and Jill as to claims they may have in the tort of product liability at common law to recover damages for the various losses and injuries that they suffered.

Subject:Tort Law

Country:UK

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