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Police Claims: In the agony of the moment
Julian Abengowe discusses the apportionment of liability when pedestrians are hit by emergency vehicles ‘On appeal, the claimant’s contribution was reduced from three quarters to one third, with the police officer being held two thirds responsible.’ In Smith v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2012], a mobile patrol police officer was responding to an emergency …
Cases Referenced
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- Baker v Willoughby [1970] 2 WLR 50
- Eagle v Chambers [2003] EWCA Civ 1107; [2004] EWCA Civ 1033
- Gaynor v Allen [1959] 2 All ER 644
- Keyse v Commissioner of Police for Metropolis & anor [2001] EWCA Civ 715
- Lunt v Khelifa [2002] EWCA Civ 801
- Smith v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2012] EWCA Civ 161