Category: Civil Law

Amateur rugby union player suffers catastrophic spinal injury when scrum collapses

When the referee’s primary duty to protect the players was breached ...
Read in Full

Seventeen year-old paralysed when skiing off-piste on school trip

When a teacher’s decision to reprimand and not ban was the reasonable course of action ...
Read in Full

Fit young man falls when bouldering and breaks his neck

When adults who choose to engage in obviously risky activities may not be recompensed if they are injured ...
Read in Full

Twelve year-old boy wins £200,000 compensation when he cut his hand playing football in the park

When the non-disclosure of evidence to court resulted in legal costs of £100,000 ...
Read in Full

Golfer hit on the head by a stray drive, but is unsuccessfully in his claim

When fifty two years of membership doesn’t stop veteran golfer from suing his club ...
Read in Full

Photographer injured by horse taking a corner too fast at a show

When a photographer agreed to get close to the action to get the shot ...
Read in Full

Man fractures his back descending pole at outdoor activity centre

When only being told to hug the pole and not being shown how to hug the pole wasn’t enough ...
Read in Full

Seventeen year-old rugby player spear tackled by opponent causing career threatening neck injuries

When the use of a reckless, cynical and frightening technique was later banned by World Rugby ...
Read in Full

Man breaks his neck diving into shallow lake

When visiting a public lake provides social benefit, and when the risk is obvious mean that the council is not ...
Read in Full

Eleven year-old girl collides with another in a PE lesson and breaks her wrist

When a lack of familiarity and structure resulted in an unnecessarily risky warm-up. ...
Read in Full
Categories
Archives