Public liability: school training expedition *

United Kingdom - May 1 2013
Court of Appeal confirms school was not liable following the death of a pupil during an adventure training exercise.

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Public liability: adventure activity centre *

United Kingdom - March 7 2013
Defendant liable for fall causing serious injury; instructor should have demonstrated technique to be used on fireman's pole forming part of cross…

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Fifty shades of green *

United Kingdom - September 14 2012
It is estimated that the value of recoveries by property insurers resulting in tree root subsidence cases is well in excess of £100 million with the majority of the monies recovered from local authorities, who are either self insured for the majority of the claims or entirely.

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Vicarious liability: scope of relationship *

United Kingdom - August 10 2012
The relationship between a Roman Catholic parish priest and a bishop was sufficiently close in character to that of employee and employer to make it just and fair to hold a diocese vicariously liable for the wrongful acts of one of its priests.

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Duty of care: school training expedition *

United Kingdom - July 9 2012
School team leader not liable for injury, including severe post traumatic stress disorder, following the death of the Claimant’s daughter during adventure training exercise; intervention by an independent third party broke the chain of causation in any event.

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