Liquorice, product liability law, and international expertise

As product liability law in the UK is part of a greater, EU-wide system, those cases that are heard in other countries can affect a personal injury compensation claim in this country.

One important legal firm that deals with cross-border issues points to a 2004 case as an example of this, in which a German woman's personal injury lawyer tried to make a compensation claim against a liquorice manufacturer for causing her to collapse due to the levels of glycerine in their product. Liability was alleged to lie with the manufacturer as they had not warned that excessive consumption of their sweets - 400 grams a day - could lead to her collapse.

The company argued in response that her collapse may have been due to pre-existing heart condition and a previously prescribed medicine. It accepted that high levels of glycerine could cause heart rhythm disturbances, but claimed that the levels in the product were below the level where it would be necessary to alert the public.

The court held that the claimant had no case in product liability law, as there was no construction failure and no failure to warn the public. Indeed, the law in Germany was cited to show that manufacturers did not need to warn the public of the risks of drinking too much beer or eating too much sugar, implying that the decision to eat a packet of liquorice a day was where error lay.

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