Davies v Swan Motor Company (Swansea) Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1949 |
| Date | 1949 |
| Year | 1949 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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How Will The Courts Make A Just And Equitable Apportionment Of Damages Under The Civil Liability (Contribution) Act?
...to the extent of that person's responsibility for the damage in question." Reference was made to the case of Davies v Swan Motor Co, [1949] 2 KB 291, in which Denning LJ set out that the exercise of the Court's discretion so as to be "just and equitable" "involves a consideration, not only ......
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...v Thompson [2004] EWCA Civ 307, [2004] PNLR 33, 148 SJLB 386, [2004] All ER (D) 357 (Mar) 118 Davies v Swan Motor Co (Swansea) Ltd [1949] 2 KB 291, [1949] 1 All ER 620, 65 TLR 278, CA 206–207 Deman v Association of University Teachers and others 12 November 2002 Case Nos 6004846/99 and 2201......
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...52 Davies v. Swan Motor Co. (Swansea) Ltd., [1949] 2 K.B. 29, [1949] 1 All E.R. 620 ....................................................................................... 25, 38 Day v. Trans World Airlines, 528 F.2d 31 (2d Cir. 1975) ......................................20, 21 Deep Vein T......
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...happen. An example occurred in the judgment of Lord Justice Evershed in Davies v Swan Motor Co. (Swansea) Ltd which was reported in both [1949] 2 KB 291 at 319 and [1949] 1 All ER 620 at 629. The curious feature here is that the words reportedly used in the transcript of Lord Justice Eversh......
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...as such’ [emphasis in original] (at [94]). Phang JC went on to quote Denning LJ (as he then was) in Davies v Swan Motor Co (Swansea) Ltd[1949] 2 KB 291 (‘Davies’) at 324— 325: When a man steps into the road he owes a duty to himself to take care for his own safety, but he does not owe any d......
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