Res ipsa loquitur: Thomson v Iceland Foods Ltd considered

Explains, using case law, the conditions for the application of res ipsa loquitur and the rebuttal of the inference of negligence, focusing on Thomson v Iceland Foods Ltd (SAC) that res ipsa loquitur applied in circumstances where a supermarket customer was injured after tripping on a raised edge of a doormat within the store, and the supermarket operator had not offered an explanation to displace the inference of negligence.