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Tort: Look before you leap
David Sawtell summarises the law relating to assumption of risk ‘The practitioner must carefully weigh up the indicia pointing towards and away from an “assumption of responsibility” when assessing the merits of a claim or a defence.’ It would be sensible to expect someone who is injured sliding down the banisters in a pub to …
Cases Referenced
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- Barrett v Ministry of Defence [1994] EWCA Civ 7
- Fowles v Bedfordshire County Council [1995] PIQR P380
- Geary v JD Wetherspoon plc [2011] EWHC 1506 (QB)
- Grimes v Hawkins [2011] EWHC 2004 (QB)
- O'Shea v Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames [1995] PIQR 208
- Radclyffe v the Ministry of Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 635
- Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2003] UKHL 47
- Trustees of the Portsmouth Youth Activities Committee v Poppleton [2008] EWCA Civ 646