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Law Bulletin - June 2005

Included in this Issue

Liability

Duty of care of general labourer
Child trespassers – Occupiers Liability Act 1984
Foreseeability of injury : i) heart attack; ii) suicide
Police: unlawful imprisonment
Rescues at sea
Work at Height Regulations 2005
We’re jamming

Practice and Procedure

Limitation: discretion granted in asbestos case

Damages

Court of Appeal VWF cases should settle but not fight
Judge wrong to reject evidence on damages
Catastrophic injuries: claims for the cost of modern technologies
Proof of “non-organic” pain now available
So how do the courts deal with non-organic pain at present?

Health and Safety

Improvement Notices