What does the term ratio decidendi mean? Can you identify the ratio decidendi of this case. Explain how you identified it.
The first defendant, Mr Christopher Plenty, was a milk roundsman employed at Bristol by the second defendants, Co-operative Retail Services Ltd (‘Co-operative Services’). He started working for them at Easter 1970. There were notices up at the depot making it quite clear that the roundsmen were not allowed to take children on the vehicles. One […]