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Liability: Beware of the dark

Emma Zeb focuses on the social benefit of an activity versus the risks of injury ‘The law of tort exists to deter negligent conduct, but it should not serve to stamp out every “iota” of risk or deter “desirable activity”.’I suspect that, for most of the 237th Castle Bromwich Scout Group, Mr Newsome was one …
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CRPS: Unusual response to injury

Dr Peter Hollingworth discusses how to approach claims for complex regional pain syndrome ‘The cardinal feature of CRPS is pain wholly disproportionate to that expected from the injury. The pain is both at rest and on movement, and it interferes with sleep and everyday activities.’ Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is an uncommon condition in …
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RTA: Consumer contracts

Andrew Hogan investigates credit hire agreements in view of Chen Wei v Cambridge Power and Light Ltd ‘Even if an agreement is unenforceable in the sense that a money judgment cannot be obtained against the debtor, it does not necessarily follow, in 2011, that the rule against double recovery would be offended if the hirer …
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