▁had ▁recovered ▁at ▁first ▁instance , ▁and ▁£ 5 0 ▁in ▁costs . ▁The ▁total ▁amount ▁Don og h ue ▁attempted ▁to ▁recover ▁would ▁be ▁equivalent ▁to ▁at ▁least ▁£ 2 7 , 0 0 0 ▁. ▁ ▁Cond esc end ences ▁The ▁full ▁alleg ations ▁made ▁by ▁Don og h ue ▁were ▁presented ▁in ▁five ▁cond esc end ences , ▁which ▁claimed ▁that ▁Stevens on ▁had ▁a ▁duty ▁of ▁care ▁to ▁Don og h ue ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁sn ails ▁did ▁not ▁get ▁into ▁his ▁bott les ▁of ▁g inger ▁be er , ▁but ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁bre ached ▁this ▁duty ▁by ▁failing ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁system ▁to ▁clean ▁bott les ▁effectively , ▁a ▁system ▁that ▁would ▁usually ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁business ▁and ▁was ▁necessary ▁given ▁that ▁the ▁g inger ▁be er ▁was ▁intended ▁for ▁human ▁consumption . ▁The ▁in effect iveness ▁of ▁the ▁clean ing ▁system ▁was ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁result ▁from ▁the ▁bott les ▁being ▁left ▁in ▁places ▁" to ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁obvious ▁that ▁sn ails ▁had ▁freedom ▁of ▁access ▁... ▁and ▁in ▁which , ▁indeed , ▁sn ails ▁and ▁sn ail ▁tra ils ▁were ▁frequently ▁found ", ▁an ▁alleg ation ▁described ▁by ▁Matthew ▁Chap man ▁as ▁" some what ▁grat uit ous ". ▁This ▁bre ach ▁of ▁duty ▁was ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁have ▁caused ▁Don og h ue ' s ▁subsequent ▁ill ness . ▁ ▁Stevens on ▁respond ed ▁to ▁the ▁cond esc end ences ▁by ▁den ying ▁that ▁any ▁of ▁his ▁bott les ▁of ▁g inger