What can a highway authority do to defeat claims arising on housing estate roads? Elizabeth Bower from Forbes discusses the finding of Collins v Tameside MBC 2017.
This edition reports on the successful defence against a claim for personal injury where the Claimant's reliance and/or lack of reliance upon his Sat Nav clearly contributed to the alleged accident.
This edition reports on the successful defence on a matter concerning highway kerb lines and Section 41 dangerousness, and an analysis of the Health and Safety Executive's annual statistics for 2020-21.
This edition reports on the Claimant’s burden of proof in highways claims in proving that an accident occurred as alleged or that a particular defect had caused the alleged accident, together with various case updates.
John Ingle, Highways Inspection Leader at Cumbria County Council (CCC) and Shaun O’Neil, Partner at DAC Beachcroft’s workshop at the 2022 ALARM National Conference explained the benefit of technology in defending claims