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Volenti: Dangerous activities
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.’ …
Cases Referenced
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- Ellis v Ministry of Transport & ors [2000] (QB) Lawtel document no. AC8600786
- Evans v Kosmar Villa Holidays plc [2007] EWCA Civ 1003
- Geary v JD Wetherspoon plc [2011] EWHC 1506 (QB)
- Hopps v Mott MacDonald Ltd & anor [2009] EWHC 1881 (QB)
- North v TNT Express (UK) Ltd [2001] EWCA Civ 853
- Ratcliffe v Trustees of Harper Adams Agricultural College [1999] 1 WLR 1375
- Scott v ABP and British Rail [2000] Lawtel document no. AC7000211
- Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2003] UKHL 47
- Trustees of the Portsmouth Youth Activities Committee v Poppleton [2008] EWCA Civ 646