Continue reading "Road Traffic Accidents: Stop, look, listen"
This post is only available to members.
Road Traffic Accidents: Stop, look, listen
Adam Dyl highlights the importance of foreseeability in the context of determining liability following the recent decision from the Court of Appeal in Scott v Gavigan [2016] ‘While a defendant is not liable for damage that was not reasonably foreseeable, it does not follow that he is liable for all damage that was reasonably foreseeable.’Drivers …
Cases Referenced
Cases in bold have further reading - click to view related articles.
- CA (
- Cook v Thorne and Parkinson [2001] EWCA Civ 81
- Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100
- Eagle v Chambers [2003] EWCA Civ 1107; [2004] EWCA Civ 1033
- Foskett v Mistry [1984] RTR 1
- Green v Bannister [2003] EWCA Civ 1819
- Lunt v Khelifa [2002] EWCA Civ 801
- McKew v Holland and Hannen and Cubitts (Scotland) Ltd [1969] UKHL 9
- Scott v Gavigan [2016] EWCA Civ 544
- Wieland v Cyril Lord Carpets Ltd [1969] 3 All ER 1006