Breach of duty and causation: Where are we now?

Christopher Sharp QC and Matthew White analyse recent developments and provide practical advice ‘Ultimately it may be judicial pragmatism that provides the key (if not a principled solution) to the apparent conflicts in the case law.’ Must a claimant prove that a defendant’s breach of duty caused their loss before being entitled to recover damages …
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Case Report: Ghaith v Indesit Company UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 642

Liability; manual handling accidents ‘The reasoning of this case provides encouraging reading for claimants and their advisers and dispiriting reading for defendants and theirs.’ This case provides a telling illustration of the stringency of the Manual Handling (Operations) Regulations 1992 and the evidential difficulties that a defendant is likely to face rebutting liability under such …
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