Case Report: Andrew Risk v Rose Bruford College [2013] EWHC 3869 (QB)

12 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | March 2014 #123
Duty of care; assumption of responsibility; causation ‘If the risk of injury is so slight and remote that it is hardly likely ever to materialise, it may well be that it is not reasonable to expect the occupier to take any steps to protect anyone against it’. Did the defendant college owe a 21-year-old student …

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Tort: Look before you leap

4 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Timothy Raggatt QC) | The Commercial Litigation Journal | November/December 2011 #40
David Sawtell summarises the law relating to assumption of risk ‘The practitioner must carefully weigh up the indicia pointing towards and away from an “assumption of responsibility” when assessing the merits of a claim or a defence.’ It would be sensible to expect someone who is injured sliding down the banisters in a pub to …

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