“… The Supreme Court held that it was not. Lord Wilson gave the only judgment. At para. 24 he referred to Henderson v Merrett and Spring v Guardian Assurance plc [1995] 2 AC 296. He also quoted a statement by Lord Steyn in Williams v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd [1998] 1 WLR 830 that “there was no better rationalisation for liability …”
“…ertaking (express or implied) that reasonable care would be taken, as in Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145 and Spring v Guardian Assurance plc [1995] 2 AC 296.”…”