Tort Law - Defences to Negligence Flashcards
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Petrol station, Wild West
Yachuk v Oliver Blais
Evans LJ in Revill v Newberry
One thing to deny gains from illegal conduct, but another to deny compensation for personal injury
What judge in what case stated that the last opportunity doctrine was now inappropriate after LR(CN)A?
Denning in Jones v Livox Quarries
Law Com 2009 Consultation Paper
Insufficient flexibility and discretion so broad it would be uncertain for illegality defence to go on statutory footing
Adams v Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway judgment
CN, bc not in situation which ‘obliged him to adopt alternative of a dangerous leap or to remain at certain peril’
What did Atiyah highlight about CN reductions?
D is usually insured, but C’s CN is usually personally borne, means negligent people do not pay for consequences but CN people do
Helicopter
Morris v Murray
Baker v TE Hopkins judgment
No CN - judge situation from rescuer’s point of view
Pitts v Hunt general
Motorcycle drunk
Latin phrase for voluntary assumption of risk
Volenti non fit injuria
In what case did the ECJ say compensation can only be limited in ‘exceptional circumstances’, appearing to complicate CN?
Candolin v Pahjola
Woolridge v Sumner judgment
No application of volenti
Churchill v Wilkinson
Thought CN reduction fell within Candolin, and thus no breach of EU law
L&O on Froom guidelines and EU law
May be inconsistent with Motor Insurance Directive
Why is the case of Canterbury Medical Council v Taylor doubted?
Only risk of injury need be accepted for volenti, not injury itself
When were the recommendations by the Law Revision Committee 8th Report enacted?
1945
Why couldn’t C claim future earnings in Hewison v Meridian Shipping PTE?
Would have only got future earnings if he had continued with the deception
What judge in what case stated that it is one thing to deny gains from illegal conduct, but another to deny compensation for personal injury?
Evans LJ in Revill v Newberry
Social security benefits, joint purchase
Tinsley v Milligan
Glofcheski on Pitts v Hunt
They refused to set the standard, showing judicial abstention
Case on impossibility of ascertaining standard of care for illegality defence
Pitts v Hunt
What did LJ Diplock focus on in Woolridge v Sumner?
Reasonable acts of reasonable person in D’s situation, ignoring C’s consent or lack thereof
What judge in Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester applied illegality under FJR limb - one of many factors?
Sedley LJ
Why has the defence of illegality developed more in recent years
Elimination of the volenti defence for motor vehicle accidents