Asbestos.

Asbestos.

A claim concerning a slip on the highway (but not highway maintainable at public expense) and the absence of a duty of care for non-feasance in such circumstances.

Richard acted for the defendant, Redruth Rugby Club, the issue being the vicarious liability of a rugby club for an assault by one of its players during a rugby match.

Resolution of liability by reference to the burden of proof, in circumstances where the evidence was insufficiently clear to justify findings of fact either way.

Richard acted for the claimant in a claim under s. 2(2) of the Animals Act 1971 arising from an equine accident.

Assessment of future earnings in a young claimant where current lack of capacity for work arose from pain disorder rather than direct physical injury.

Richard acted for the claimant who was injured when he collided with a recently fallen tree.

The duty of care owed to a householder injured by a neighbour assisting with building works.

Duty of an occupier for injuries arising from deliberate or unforeseeable acts by a visitor.

Breach of Regulation 12(3) of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 where the person injured was a cleaner employed to remove or tidy away the object over which she tripped.

Richard acted for the defendant in a claim by a teenager who had suffered injury during “play” in which pieces of bark were being thrown by the participants.