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On Tuesday, 19 February 2013, Blakeney Dear attended a holiday activity club at the David Lloyd Leisure Heston Club in Southall, Hounslow. Blakeney was five years old when he arrived at the Club with his...
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Baker v Quantum Clothing Group Limited & Others [2011] UKSC 17 is an important case that shaped our understanding of reasonable practicability and whether safety is an absolute concept or one to be assessed by ...
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Daniel McCarrick was 20 years old when he, along with two colleagues, attended the swimming pool at Skipsea Sands Holiday Park in East Yorkshire. The park was owned and operated by Park Resorts Limited. Daniel ...
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Chad Mole was seven years old when he and his family attended the Splashland pool in Trecco Bay, Porthcawl, Wales. Upper Bay Limited is one of the largest caravan park operators in Europe and owns Parkd...
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Charlotte Subuhon drowned at a birthday party she attended at the Chafford Sports Centre pool in Rainham, Essex, in November 2000. The party was a traditional pool party alongside 36 other children (BBC...
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Jason Bibby was 8 years old when he drowned on Sunday, 4 March 2001, at Herringthorpe Leisure Centre. The Centre was operated by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Mr Mark Bibby, Jason’s father, d...
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Jane Bell was 3 years old and from Galashiels, Scotland, when she went on holiday to the seafront Dalmeny Hotel at St Anne's, Lancashire, in August 2014 with her parents, Sarah and David Bell. The Dalme...
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In Bradfield-Kay v Cope [2019] EWHC 3881 (QBD) (handed down on 21 May 2020), HHJ Sephton QC made some welcome remarks on when a Defendant might be able to rely on the well-established Bolam defence. That defenc...
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Elsa Carneau was a 25-year-old Imperial College graduate and a successful financial analyst in London (Greenwood, 2011). Elsa was a member of the Virgin Active Health Club located at 17a Old Court Plan ...
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Maya Kantengule was 7 years old and lived in Smith’s Walk, Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft, Suffolk (Powell, 2017a). She lived with her father, Livial Kantengule, and her mother, Glenda Kantengule (Powell,...
