Category: social value of activity giving rise to the risk

Tomlinson V Congleton Borough Council – Brereton Heath Country Park

Tomlinson V Congleton Borough Council – Brereton Heath Country Park Case Law Summary: A very significant case after a visitor to a country park was severely injured diving into a lake. The judgement clarifies the extent of an occupier’s liability as against the responsibility visitors themselves should take for their own safety. An attractive lake

Wall V National Parks and Wildlife Service – Wicklow Way

Wall V National Parks and Wildlife Service – Wicklow Way Case Law Summary: The National Parks Service was not to blame when a walker fell. On mountain trails, walkers must look where they are going. A 56 year old woman suffered a nasty injury to her right knee in August 2013, when she fell while


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