In Scout Association v Barnes [2010] EWCA Civ 1476, the Court of Appeal looked into the issue of balancing the risks of games played by the Scouts with their social value in determining a breach of duty.  The brief facts were that the claimant, aged 13, hit his head against the wall when playing a [...]

In Swain v Geoffrey Osborne & Anor [2010] EWHC 1108 (QB), Foskett J held that a subcontractor with responsibility for ground-works on a building site was liable for personal injuries sustained by the claimant who had slipped on mud near to the site due to the failure to implement an effective system to ensure that [...]

In Stanton v Collinson [2010] EWCA Civ 81 an attempt was made by the defendants to increase the claimant’s contributory negligence above the 25% threshold set out in the guidelines by Lord Denning in Froom v Butcher [1975] 3 All ER 520. The facts in brief were that the claimant was returning in his friend’s [...]

X & Y v Hounslow LBC [2009] EWCA Civ 286 held that a local authority did not, for the purposes of the law of negligence, owe a “duty of care” to two vulnerable adults to take steps to prevent them from suffering abuse in the community in which they lived. The claim was brought by X [...]