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Defences and Remedies
Cases
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Law
Undergraduate 1
05/23/2013

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Term
Consent // volenti not fir injuria
Definition
Morris v Murray - drinking plane crash = subjective consent
Smith v Charles Baker Sons - employment is not consent
149 (3) Road Traffic Act '88
Smoldon - consent to only sporting behaviour
Woolridge - spectators consent
Term
Illegality // ex turpi causa
Definition
Vellino v CC Greater Manchester - prisoner jumped out window = ex turpi
Revill v Newbury - doesn't lose all rights
Term
Contributory Negligence
Definition
Jones v Livox Quarries - sat on back of vehicle naughty
Jones v Boyce - emergency is considered
Term
Damages: principles
Definition
Lim Poh Choo - being vegetable doesn't reduce pain/suffering
Hunt v Severs - expenses can't go to D the carer
Term
Types of Damages
Definition
Thompson v MPC - aggravated damages for excessive force during arrest
Rookes v Barnard - exemplary damages: unconstitutional or for profit
American Cyanamid - interim injunction: balance of convenience + serious issue
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