Dog Bite in UK Law
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Gundry v Sainsbury
... ... The plaintiff, a labourer, commenced an action in the county court claiming damages for injuries sustained by the bite of a dog. The action was fought, the plaintiff recovered damages 15l., and the learned county court judge ordered judgment to be signed for that ... ...
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Mirvahedy v Henley
... ... Dogs are not normally prone to bite all and sundry. But a dog guarding its territory, or a bitch with a litter whose pups are being threatened, may well be vicious. The second class is ... ...
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Draper v Hodder
... ... to prove scienter, namely, that the defendant knew of a vicious propensity in some or all of the dogs which took part in the affair to attack or bite human beings, was rejected by the judge. This was almost inevitable since it was impossible to show which dog or dogs actually took part in the ... ...
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R v Bezzina ; R v Codling ; R v Elvin
... ... But, of course, it may be admissible in relation to other issues such as, for example, whether the dog did, in fact, bite anyone at all and it may be of considerable assistance to the court in relation to question of sentence if there is, indeed, a finding of guilt. For ... ...
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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 ... ...
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Royal Mail Group Ltd v Richard Watson
... ... Popplewell J addressed the suggestion that there needed to be a reasonable apprehension of injury before (as opposed to immediately after) a bite. Applying the wording of s. 10(3) (which refers to a dog being regarded as dangerously out of control “on any occasion”) he stated that: ... ...
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McKone v Wood
... ... J. June 14th, 1831. M'KoNE v. wood (In an action against a party, for keeping a dog accustomed to bite mankind, it is not essential that the dog should be his ; if he harbours the dog, or allows it to be at, and resort to, his premises, that is ... ...
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Mirvahedy v Henley
... ... , 'just a typical guard dog.' But there was evidence, as Bridge LJ put it at p 409C, that 'this Alsatian had, as any would have, a propensity to bite human beings in particular circumstances, namely being an untrained guard dog, left to roam at large at night in the defendant's scrap yard if ... ...
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Baker v Snell
... ... 1908 May 2, ... CHANNELL, and SUTTON JJ ... Savage Dog - Keeping with Knowledge of Vice - Intervening Act of Third Person causing Dog to bite - Liability of Owner - Remoteness of Damage ... The defendant was the owner of a dog known by him to be savage. A servant of the defendant who was ... ...
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Re British Concrete Pipe Association's Agreement
... ... 12 Put in more homely language, what Mr. Kemp is really saying is that every dog is entitled to his bite before anything beastly shall happen to the dog, and British Steel have been deprived of the opportunity of having their first bite. If British Steel ... ...
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