Category: 2000s

Experienced skier falls in poor visibility and fails to claim compensation

When the law understands there is a difference between the natural environment and the built environment ...
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Schoolgirl drowns in swollen Dartmoor stream during Ten Tors event organised by British Army

When a combination of exceptional circumstances and a ‘well-meant’ but, in the end, ‘ill-advised intervention’ resulted in unimaginable grief ...
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Man rescued by emergency services after falling down 6m well

When working close to a well at ground level is an example of working at height ...
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School found not guilty on appeal when 3 year-old boy dies falling down playground steps

When ‘no one has suggested that every playground for every 3-4 year-old must have a flat surface and nothing from ...
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7 year-old boy left needing life-long specialist care when he is separated from his father, but not reunited when spotted by the lifeguard

When ‘lifeguards cannot substitute the supervision of a parent’, but should still be there, just in case ...
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National Trust found not to be negligent when falling tree branches kills one child and injures another

When the natural world is more difficult to predict and manage than man-made structures ...
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Occupational asthma diagnosis after fourteen years of exposure to flour dust

When you don’t need to worry about baking with flour in your kitchen, but you do in a commercial kitchen ...
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72 year-old man dies falling over parapet into moat at Warwick Castle

When surely it was reasonable foreseeable, and the absence of a previous accident was a matter of luck ...
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Falling cladding in strong winds nearly severs pensioner’s foot

When you would expect the carpenters to get the length of nail right...but no ...
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4 year-old boy slips on nursery outing and is impaled by tree branch

When a combination of poor nursery supervision and inadequate council protection from a hazard leads to horrific accident ...
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