Public liability

• Vowles v Evans – Court of Appeal – injury to rugby player – liability of referees

Road traffic

• Wilson v First County Trust - House of Lords – implications of human rights legislation in credit hire issues
• Lagden v O'Connor - House of Lords – credit hire – impecunious claimants
• Burdis v Livsey – Court of Appeal – sham agreements in credit hire arrangements
• King v Daltray - Court of Appeal – exempt agreements in credit hire issues

Damages

• Hewison v Meridian Shipping – Court of Appeal – claimant precluded from pursuing loss of earnings because of failure to reveal medical condition to employer
• Evans v Pontypridd Roofing Ltd – first instance – law of gratuitous care considered
• S (a patient) v Taylor – first instance – damages of £3.25 million for severely injured claimant
• S v National Leisure Catering Ltd – Court of Appeal – causation of injury
• Morris v Richards – Court of Appeal – mitigation of loss when claimant had given up alternative employment after the accident
• Sparks v HSBC Plc – Court of Appeal – cause of depressive illness – illness not related to the accident – claim for losses dismissed

Procedure

• Clark v Ardington Electrical Services – Court of Appeal – disclosure