Junior_Books_Ltd_v_Veitchi_Co_Ltd
Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd [1983] 1 AC 520 was a House of Lords judgment on whether a duty of care in delict exists between a contractor or sub-contractor and an employer.[1]
This Scottish case initially caused some excitement amongst English academic lawyers who thought it heralded the fusion of contract and tort into a single "law of obligations". Although textbooks were written with such a title,[2] the idea did not generally catch on, and Junior Books has since become "a very distinguished case".[3]