Issues of contributory negligence can play an important part in personal injury litigation. This webinar considers the law and practice in relation to contributory negligence.  It then considers the implications for litigators and their clients and:

• The legal principles relating to contributory negligence.
• Pleading contributory negligence
• Where contributory negligence has been established
• Where allegations of contributory negligence have not been successful
• How claimants have responded to allegations of contributory negligence. The importance of witness evidence
• The “reverse allegation of contributory negligence” – using allegations of contributory negligence against the defendant

It also looks at recent cases as practical examples of how the principles are applied.  Cases to be looked at include:

• Owens -v- Lewis – contributory negligence of a passenger on a quad bike
• James -v- Shaw – contributory negligence in a fall from height
• Zgonec-Rojez -v- Pereira – contributory negligence in clinical negligence/psychiatric care context
• FLR -v- Chandran – contributory negligence and the child pedestrian