Case Report: Flint v Tittensor and the MIB [2015] EWHC 466 (QB)

12 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | April 2015 #134
Vehicular trespass to the person; battery; self-defence; ex turpi causa; volenti non fit injuria ‘A finding that the force used was disproportionate so as to preclude self-defence is simultaneously likely to mean that there is no entry point for ex turpi, or at best only a very narrow one.’ This case provides an enlightening illustration …

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Volenti: Dangerous activities

7 Bedford Row | Personal Injury Law Journal | July/August 2011 #97
looks at recent decisions concerning the line to be drawn between personal responsibility and the liability of others Julian Matthews ‘The courts, often ready to find that there has been some degree of contributory fault, are now far more reluctant to fix individuals with the full consequences of their own actions then in earlier generations.’ …

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