The Future Of Slipping & Tripping Litigation - Andrew Mckie, Clerksroom
20/07/14. Chapter 12 from the new book 'Occupiers, Highways and Defective Premises Claims: A Practical Guide Post-Jackson' by Andrew Mckie. As the reader will have noted from this book, slipping and tripping litigation, although sometimes on its facts may appear to be fairly straightforward, one can see that how the case law and statute have evolved, and that this is an area of law which is extremely complicated.
From a claimant’s solicitors’ perspective, the positive about slipping and tripping litigation is that in some instances the case does not always come down simply to the credibility of the claimant, but one can often look especially in occupiers cases and highways cases as to whether the system of inspection was reasonable.
One always has to be aware, that you are going to need...
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