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Defences in tort law
Defences
Volenti non fit injuria
Contributory negligence
Capps v Miller
[1989] 1 WLR 839
Froom v Butcher
[1976] QB 286
Gough (an infant) v Thorns
[1966] 1 WLR 1387
Jones v Livox Quarries
[1952] 2 QB 608
O'Connell v Jackson
[1971] 3 WLR 463
Pitts v Hunt
[1990] 3 All ER 344
Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
[2000] 1 AC 360
Courts are reluctant to make a finding of
ex turpi causa
preferring the defence of contributory negligence:
Revill v Newberry
[1996] 2 WLR 239
Ex turpi Causa
Vellino v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester
[2002] 1 WLR 218
Clunis v Camden and Islington Health Authority
[1998] 3 All ER 180
Lane v Holloway
[1967] 3 WLR 1003
Murphy v Culhane
[1977] QB 94
Pitts v Hunt
[1990] 3 All ER 344
Revill v Newberry
[1996] 2 WLR 239
Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd
[2009] UKHL 39
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Limitation
Dobbie v Medway Health Authority
[1994] 1 WLR 1234
Letang v Cooper
[1964] 3 WLR 573
Exclusion of liability
White v Blackmore
[1972] 3 WLR 296
