JB and BB v Leicestershire County Council (2014) unreported, Nottingham County Court, 6 June

Non-Delegable Duties: Where next after Woodland?

Philip Turton assesses the effects of the recent clarifications in non-delegable duty case law ‘In the time since Woodland, lawyers have already started looking to other classes of vulnerable persons who might also be protected by such a duty.’ Liability which is imposed without fault is at odds with most cases encountered day to day …

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Child Abuse: Local authority liability

Richard Scorer considers failure to protect claims ‘It will be difficult if not impossible for local authorities to rely on the limitation defences they have deployed in “historic” failure to remove claims.’ Over the last three years, since the revelations about Jimmy Savile, child abuse scandals have dominated the media. Many more victims have come …

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Multiple Defendants: Who to sue?

In the second of two articles Linda Jacobs looks at legal liability in multiple defendant claims ‘Where two or more tortfeasors cause different damage to the claimant, the causes of action are distinct from one another. The claimant can sue each defendant, but can only recover the extent of the damage for which each tortfeasor …

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