Dog Attack in UK Law
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Mirvahedy v Henley
... ... The common law may have drawn a distinction between a domestic animal which, contrary to the nature of its species, has a propensity to attack (a 'vicious' propensity), and a domestic animal which, without a propensity to attack, has a special propensity to cause damage. Strict liability, ... ...
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Hyde Park Residence Ltd v Yelland
... ... a fair reading of The Sun of 2nd September the purpose of the use of the driveway stills was not to report the events of 30th August, but to attack the veracity of Mr Fayed and to vilify him. Thirdly the way that the driveway stills were dealt with was not fair taking account of the use, the ... ...
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Cummings v Granger
... ... At common law when a dog bit a man, the owner or keeper of the dog was strictly liable if he knew that it had a propensity to bite or attack human beings. Apart from this, however, he was liable for negligence if the circumstances were such as to impose upon him a duty of care towards ... ...
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Draper v Hodder
... ... evening saw no such signs but did see signs of a disturbance on the sand heap in the yard on which Gary and Nicola had been sitting before the attack took place. But myself I do not think that anything in this case turns on the question where the incident occurred ... 7 Gary was most severely ... ...
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The Civil Aviation Authority v R Jet2.com Ltd
... ... We could share it with Jet2 as our rebuttal of any continuation of such misleading information. Attack dogs please Lord S” ... “261” is a reference to Regulation No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February ... ...
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Royal Mail Group Ltd v Richard Watson
... ... would be that the dog was dangerously out of control and that the owner had the dog on the premises in circumstances which allowed the dog to attack the child…However, the extension of section 3(1) must apply equally to any situation in which the householder defence does not arise. Whether it ... ...
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Ashley v Chief Constable of Sussex Police
... ... trespass to the person may be justified if the defendant is able to establish that he acted in self-defence, that he was simply repelling an attack on the part of the defendant. The defendant must prove that in the circumstances it was reasonable that he should defend himself and that the force ... ...
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Mirvahedy v Henley
... ... 's scrap yard if confronted with an intruder … it was to be expected that this Alsatian or any other Alsatian in like circumstances would attack.' This was enough to establish the second limb. Ormrod LJ at p 407B gave two examples of particular times or particular circumstances: 'a bitch with ... ...
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Smith v Central Asbestos Company Ltd
... ... Such a situation frequently arises under our legal system: for example, the Court of Appeal recently made it clear that liability for attack by a dog could accrue even in the absence of scienter (Draper v. Hodder [1972] 2 W.L.R. 992 ). Did the draftsman really intend that in these ... ...
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Al-Waheed v Ministry of Defence; Mohammed v Ministry of Defence (No 2)
... ... Helicopter came so I layed down in my Field, they let the dog attack me and then arrested me". Likewise, he was informed of his right to contact the ICRC by letter 'at any time during your detention here'." ... ...
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