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Public liability: school training expedition

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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May 1 2013

Court of Appeal confirms school was not liable following the death of a pupil during an adventure training exercise

Harvey v Plymouth City Council 29.7.10

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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September 15 2010

Occupier not liable for serious injuries following fall over a tripping hazard at night; there was no implied consent to the Claimant's activities at the time

Occupier’s liability for slip on wet floor

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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August 12 2011

Court of Appeal upholds first instance decision that school was not liable for slip; the Defendant had a reasonable system in place

House of Lords departs from previous decision in Stubbings v Webb

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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February 8 2008

The House of Lords has overturned its own previous decision in the case of Stubbings v Webb 1993 AC 498 in which the House had unanimously decided that s11 of the Limitation Act 1980 did not apply to acts of deliberate assault (including acts of indecent assault), and allowed the appeals in the cases of A v Hoare, X and Another v Wandsworth London Borough Council, C v Middlesborough Council, H v Suffolk County Council, Young v Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) and Another

Up a gum tree

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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October 1 2011

Liability for accidents caused by falling trees is not a new area of law

Valentine v Transport for London and London Borough of Hounslow

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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June 15 2010

On 4 April 2006 Mr Valentine was leaving an industrial estate adjacent to the A4 Great West Road in Brentford on his motorbike when he skidded and fell

Defect in highway pavement or carriageway?

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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June 30 2008

The Claimant claimed damages for injuries sustained as a result of catching her foot and tripping in a depression in a residential road

Palmer v Cornwall County Council

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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June 12 2009

On 12 July 2001 Scott Palmer, then aged 14 and a pupil in year 9 at a school in Cornwall, was hit in the eye by a rock thrown at a seagull, by another pupil

£82 million on pavement slips and trips

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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September 11 2009

English councils have paid out more than £82 million in the last five years in compensation for injuries sustained by people tripping over on pavements

Consultation: charging arrangements for residential social care

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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March 8 2010

The Department of Health has published a consultation paper seeking views on proposed changes to the charging regulations to include treatment of personal injury compensation

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