Elbanna v Clark [2024] EWHC 627 (KB) is the latest in the line of recent High Court authorities concerning the circumstances in which the duty of care owed between participants in sport can be breached. Like Tylicki, Fulham and Czernuska it is a liability decision which ultimately turns on its own facts. Our blog post on those three decisions can be found here. Elbanna provides a helpful summary of the legal principles which are relevant to such claims. In Elbanna, after a preliminary issue trial on liability the High Court found that the Defendant was liable in negligence for the way in which he approached and collided with the Claimant, causing him serious personal injury, in an amateur RFU game … (more)
[Megan Griffiths and Spencer Turner, 12KBW Personal Injury Law Blog, 18 April 2024]
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