Overview

The latest edition of Eversheds’ personal injury bulletin focuses on:

- Court of Appeal finds local authority not liable under Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 to drunken youth falling when running away from a taxi

- Breach of statutory duty, not the conduct of the worker, is the starting point in employers' liability claim

- Highway authority liable at common law for failing to keep shrubs trimmed, so creating a hazard on the highway

- Court of Appeal upholds normal rule that costs are payable on discontinuance

- Defendant's conduct of the defence justified indemnity costs