“The case of Brown v South West Lakes Trust and others [2022] EWCA Civ 18 arose from a fatal car accident in 2017. It raised issues concerning the extent of the duty of care owed to unintentional trespassers by occupiers of land adjoining the highway, and the potential liability of the relevant highway authority for the configuration of the road. On an evening in May 2017 Helen Brown was driving her car on the road running along the south of Stithians Reservoir in Cornwall. Shortly after rounding a sweeping left hand bend the car left the road and crashed through a chain link fence into the water of the reservoir …” (more)
[James Marwick, Matthew White and Julian Horne, Local Government Lawyer, 4 February]
First posted 2022-02-07 15:00:04
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