Rehill v Rider Holdings Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 628

Road Traffic Accidents: Just and equitable = flexibility

Toby Kempster advises how to approach an apportionment of liability ‘Driving a motor car imposes a high level of responsibility (and therefore potential culpability if mishandled) upon the driver as a result of the potential danger the car presents.’ Predicting how liability will be apportioned (if at all) in a road traffic accident often appears …

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RTAs: Pedestrian fault in running down claims – a review of recent authorities

Hannah Saxena takes a look at the recent approach taken in cases where a pedestrian has stepped into the road at the last minute and particular analysis of the Court of Appeal’s decisions in Birch v Paulson [2012] and Rehill v Rider Holdings Ltd [2012] While it might be a rare occasion that drivers are …

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