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Road Traffic Accidents: Just and equitable = flexibility
Toby Kempster advises how to approach an apportionment of liability ‘Driving a motor car imposes a high level of responsibility (and therefore potential culpability if mishandled) upon the driver as a result of the potential danger the car presents.’ Predicting how liability will be apportioned (if at all) in a road traffic accident often appears …
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