Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 280 (Mar)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Pill, Chadwick and Longmore LJJ

Representation Thomas Saunt (instructed by Hodge Jones & Allen) for the claimant.
  Craig Sephton QC and Ian Simpson (instructed by Just Law Ltd, Chelmsford) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 19 March 2003

Catchwords

Negligence - Fatal accident - Road traffic accident - Correctness of judge's conclusions on liability.

The Case

A judge's conclusions that a defendant had been negligent for driving too fast were wholly unacceptable. However, a finding of negligence was still justified on other grounds.

Practice Areas

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