Car Accident in UK Law

  • Page v Smith
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Mayo 1995
    ... ... 2 On 24 July 1987 the plaintiff, Mr. Page, was involved in a motor accident. He was driving his Volvo car along a road in Bury St. Edmunds when the defendant, Mr. Smith, driving his Datsun car in the opposite direction, cut ... ...
  • White and Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 03 Diciembre 1998
    ... ... seen that two of the plaintiffs were witnesses to the disaster, but not in peril themselves, the remainder were not in the ground when the accident occurred. One of the plaintiffs gave some assistance to the injured but the case was not argued on the basis that he should be treated as a rescuer ... ...
  • Lagden v O'Connor
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Diciembre 2003
    ... ... 3 In cases of this type accident hire companies, or credit hire companies, as they are variously known, provide a service additional to hiring out replacement cars. Unlike the ... ...
  • Re Bramblevale Ltd (Note)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Julio 1969
    ... ... Wednesday 6th Sept, 1967." Some papers were forthcoming, but not all. On the 25th October of 1967 Mr. Hamilton was involved in a motor accident. His car was hit in the back by an articulated vehicle. On the 15th December, 1967, the solicitors for the liquidator wrote to Mr. Hamilton again ... ...
  • Baker v Willoughby
    • House of Lords
    • 26 Noviembre 1969
    ... ... Then he found he had no money and called to the Appellant to give him some. The Appellant was standing on the kerb behind the van and the accident occurred when he was crossing the road for this purpose. Before he left the kerb he looked to his right and only saw one car and he did not look ... ...
  • Dimond v Lovell
    • House of Lords
    • 11 Mayo 2000
    ... ... the spot rate quoted by hirers other than accident hire companies ... LORD NICHOLLS OF BIRKENHEAD My Lords, ... 2 I have had the advantage of reading a draft of the speech ... ...
  • McLoughlin v O'Brian
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Mayo 1982
    ... ... 1 This appeal arises from a very serious and tragic road accident which occurred on 19th October 1973 near Withersfield, Suffolk. The appellant's husband, Thomas McLoughlin, and three of her children, George, aged ... ...
  • Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 11 Mayo 2004
    ... ... 55 On 15 December 1996, the claimant was injured in an accident involving the first defendant. On 13 March 1999, he was injured in an accident involving the second defendant. The claimant brought separate actions ... ...
  • Launchbury v Morgans
    • House of Lords
    • 09 Mayo 1972
    ... ... [SECOND FINAL] Lord Wilberforce My Lords, ... 1 This appeal arises out of a motor car accident in which the three Respondents were injured. They were passengers in a Jaguar saloon which was registered in the name of the Appellant; she was not ... ...
  • Benham v Gambling
    • House of Lords
    • 16 Diciembre 1940
    ... ... Accordingly, if an individual is injured by accident due to the negligence of another person, the claim for damages no longer abates at his death, but survives for the benefit of his estate and can be ... ...
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