Category: Civil Law

Woman wins appeal after falling off a toilet seat at a school

When the legal right for the woman to get a bit of fresh air in should have been risk assessed ...

When contradictory claims by both sides means the final decision will probably rest in the courts ...

When, 60 years after exposure, the case against the construction company was just not strong enough ...

When the social value of surfing is ‘obvious’ – three cheers for the judge ...

When you have a shower and things get wet and slippery, you need to be careful - who knew? ...

When the operator needs to protect the integrity of the (in this case ‘risky’) sport ...

When the trial judge and the appeal judge take opposing views, but still reach the same decision ...

When umpires owe a duty of care, but they weren’t negligent, and ‘rain didn’t stop play’ ...

When the judge thought the risk was not foreseeable because they man had done the job before… ...

When, despite the advance of time and less than accurate methods of measurement, exposure was clearly excessive ...