... with either the retailer or the manufacturer. The House of Lords lay down that a duty was owed by the defendant to the plaintiff even though there was no contract. The next major development in the history of negligence was in 1987 with the introduction of the Consumer Protection Act. This was a piece of legislation set up in response to the EC's 1985 Directive on Product Liability. This directive was created with the aim of harmonising law in Member States and promoting movement of goods and free trade. It introduced for the first time the concept of Strict Liability. However since its introduction just over 15 years ago, very few cases have been bought. As Cranston says, it might have been "expected to have created something of a revolution in the liability of manufacturers. But this does not yet appear to have happened". This essay will attempt to explain ...

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