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Suffolk County Council v Lyall [2025] EWHC 1032 (KB) (29 April 2025)
The High Court dismissed Suffolk County Council’s appeal, upholding damages for a slip on a boardwalk on a public right of way and finding a common law duty arose from the council’s positive act of installing it.
The High Court dismissed Suffolk County Council’s appeal over a slipping accident on a boardwalk, holding the council had created a foreseeable risk and could be liable in negligence.
Court of Appeal upheld the council’s s.58 Highways Act defence in a tripping claim, holding the inspections were reasonable and the specific defect was not shown dangerous at inspection.
Barker v Lancashire County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 582 (23 May 2013)
Court of Appeal upheld dismissal of a highway tripping claim, holding the council’s reasonable inspection regime defeated liability under section 58 of the Highways Act 1980.
Dalton v Nottinghamshire County Council [2011] EWCA Civ 776 (06 July 2011)
The Court of Appeal held Nottinghamshire County Council liable after Mrs Dalton fell on a loose, wobbling paving block and rejected the section 58 defence.
The Court of Appeal upheld liability after a pedestrian fell on a loose, wobbling paving block in a town square. The council’s section 58 defence failed.
The Court of Appeal held that the town council owed no duty to ensure public liability insurance for the fair, and the claimants’ appeal failed.
Bedfordshire Police Authority v Constable & Ors [2008] EWHC 1375 (Comm) (20 June 2008)
The High Court held that Bedfordshire Police Authority’s excess insurance covered its liability under the Riot (Damages) Act 1886, because the policy’s wording extended to that statutory liability.
The Court of Appeal held Derby City Council was not liable under the Highways Act 1980, finding its six-monthly footway inspections were reasonable.
The Court of Appeal granted Derby City Council permission to appeal in a highways liability claim concerning whether its inspection regime met the Section 58 defence.
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