Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 355 (May)
Court: Queen's Bench Division
Judge:

Robert Moxon-Browne QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court

Representation Richard Wilkinson QC (instructed by Pearse Carty Solicitors Ltd, Tunbridge Wells) for the claimant.
  Christopher Russell (instructed by DLA Rudnick Gray Cary UK LLP, Manchester) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 24 May 2005

Catchwords

Negligence - Contributory negligence - Apportionment of liability - Road traffic accident.

The Case

On the evidence, the defendant was adjudged to be 80% liable for a road traffic accident in which the claimant, who was riding a motorcycle, collided with a transit van driven by the defendant as the latter turned right across the road.

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