Liability: A catalogue of errors

Devereux Chambers | Personal Injury Law Journal | July/August 2016 #147
In the first of this two part article Robert Weir QC provides an invaluable reference compiling the most significant cases involving liability decisions in the last year ‘Vicarious liability can apply outside of an employment relationship provided that the tort is done by an individual who carries on activities as an integral part of the …

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Case Report: Flint v Tittensor and the MIB [2015] EWHC 466 (QB)

12 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | April 2015 #134
Vehicular trespass to the person; battery; self-defence; ex turpi causa; volenti non fit injuria ‘A finding that the force used was disproportionate so as to preclude self-defence is simultaneously likely to mean that there is no entry point for ex turpi, or at best only a very narrow one.’ This case provides an enlightening illustration …

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