Littler v Liverpool Corporation
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1968 |
| Court | Assizes |
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22 cases
- Pitman v Southern Electricity Board
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Brodie v Singleton Shire Council
...Many footpaths are unpaved. People are regularly required to walk on uneven surfaces on both public and private land. 7 In Littler v Liverpool Corporation, Cumming-Bruce J said 4: ‘Uneven surfaces and differences in level between flagstones of about an inch may cause a pedestrian temporaril......
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Wentworth v Wiltshire County Council
...and the question that arises in this appeal was not in issue. He relies on a passage in the judgment of Cumming-Bruce J. in Littler v. Liverpool Corporation [1968] 2 AER 343 at page 344 F. He said this: "The statutory duty of the defendants is to maintain the highway. A person who has suffe......
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Burnside v Emerson
...in Liverpool began to diminish. Very recently Mr. Justice Cumming -Bruce added a useful footnote in ( Littler v. Liverpool Corporation 1968 2 A.E.R. 343). He hoped that those sitting on Legal Aid Committees would remember that it is not, every trifling defect in a footway which makes it 5 ......
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Highways: Expecting The Unexpected
...Perhaps the best-known statement of principle was found in the judgment of Cumming Bruce J in Littler v Liverpool Corporation (1968) 2 All ER 343: 'A length of pavement is only dangerous if, in the ordinary course of human affairs, danger may reasonably be anticipated from its continued use......
4 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...QBD 6, 33, 60 Lewis v Thomas [1950] 1 KB 438, [1950] 1 All ER 116, 114 JP 81, CA 34 Littler v Liverpool Corporation [1968] 2 All ER 343n, 66 LGR 660, Assizes 90 Table of Cases xix Lyon v Fishmongers’ Co (1876) 1 App Cas 662, 42 JP 163, 46 LJ Ch 68, HL 46 Maile v Manchester City Council [199......
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Liability for Lack of Conformity
...Furthermore, although it was correct to look at the general occupiers’ liability standard of care, 23 Littler v Liverpool Corporation [1968] 2 All ER 343 (CA). 24 Thompson v Thomson Holidays , 17 January 2005, Stoke on Trent County Court (unreported). 25 Staples v West Dorset District Counc......
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Table of Cases
...[2021] WLR 2545, [2022] 1 All ER 120, [2021] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 484 10.143, 10.200 Littler v Liverpool Corporation [1968] 2 All ER 343n, (1968) 66 LGR 660, CA 5.18 Lockett v A & M Charles Limited [1938] 4 All ER 170, [1938] 10 WLUK 10, KBD 5.28 Logue v Flying Colours Limited [2001] CLY 4281, [20......
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Highway Authority
...Navigation Co v Attorney-General [1915] AC 654. 34 WLCA 1981, s 54(7) (now repealed). 35 CROWA 2000, s 49(4). 36 CA 1968, s 30(3). 37 [1968] 2 All ER 343. 38 HA 1980, s 59. expenses have been or will be incurred by the authority in maintaining the highway. It may be difficult to ascertain w......