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October 18, 2015

Sullivan v (1) Cardiff Council; and (2) Dwr Cymru/ Welsh Water

Barristers: Matthew White KC

Areas of Law: Highways & Rights of Way, Personal Injury, and Public Liability

Introduction

Point of interest: for highway lawyers: Shine v Tower Hamlets [2006] EWCA Civ 852 (no s.41 duty in respect of street furniture) applies to pillar fire hydrants just as much as it does to bollards. The Claimant (“C”) had tried to argue that because the covers of the usual subterranean hydrants are part of the highway, so must a pillar hydrant be part of the highway. Unsurprisingly the court rejected that argument.

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