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Parental liability: Some people’s kids…
Judges often have to determine the extent to which liability for an accident should be apportioned. Ann Houghton and Karl Hirst consider this in the vexed context of parental responsibility ‘The intriguing question in Ellis related to an everyday decision of pure parenting. To what degree would the law critically scrutinise and second-guess those types …
Cases Referenced
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- Arnold v Teno (1978) 83 DLR (3d) 609 (Canada)
- Carmarthenshire County Council v Lewis [1955] AC 549
- Ellis (by his grandmother and Litigation Friend Janet Titley) v Kelly & anor [2018] EWHC 2031 (QB)
- Surtees v Kingston-upon-Thames Borough Council [1991] 2 FLR 559
- Williams v Williams [2013] EWCA Civ 455