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10 May 2012
On 4 May 2012 for the first time in the history of the common law, the Court of First Instance handed down a judgment defining the meaning of 'control' of a vessel in the context of ship arrests.
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9 May 2012
The Defendant was driving an articulated lorry with a skeleton type trailer carrying a container. He was travelling on a route that he had regularly used in the past. As he was early, he decided to stop for a coffee and turned left at a roundabout, intending to pull into a filling station. He was unable to do so, due to a central reservation, and therefore had to continue along an A road with which he was unfamiliar.
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9 May 2012
Court of Appeal gives judgment in second claim in two months relating to fall from horse; claim dismissed as Claimant had voluntarily accepted the risk.
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9 May 2012
The driver of a heavy goods vehicle was passing through East London. On his approach to a traffic light controlled junction the lights changed. He carried out an emergency braking procedure, stopping between two to four metres over the stop line and into the pedestrian crossing area. He was stationary for a minute and 15 seconds before the lights changed in his favour and he then proceeded through the junction. The driver failed to see an 83 year old pedestrian cross directly in front of him as the lights changed. His vehicle passed over her, causing fatal injuries.
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9 May 2012
Mother must contribute 25 per cent to claim; booster cushion was used for three year old when child seat was available.
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