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Length:
30 minutes of audio
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Course Aims:

This podcast provides an update for practitioners of all levels, particularly those specialising in personal injury and civil litigation. It provides a detailed analysis of the factual and legal issues, as well as the High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords decisions, in Corr v IBC Vehicles. Through exploration of different factual scenarios relating to self-harm following tortious accidents, the listener will gain an awareness of the scope of the decision for future cases.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Understand the decisions of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords in Corr v IBC Vehicles;
  • Understand the House of Lords' approach to the issue of foreseeability in self-harm cases;
  • Be aware of their Lordships' approach to the issue of insanity in relation to volenti and contributory negligence;
  • Understand the application of precedents to cases of self-harm arising from tortious accidents;
  • Understand the impact of this decision on future cases with similar facts.
Level:
Intermediate Difficulty: 3 of 5
Sources and References:
  • Corr v IBC Vehicles [2008] UKHL 13;
  • Re Polemis [1921] 3 KB 560;
  • The Wagon Mound [1961] A.C. 388 (PC);
  • Hughes v Lord Advocate [1963] SC (HL) 31;
  • Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd [2006], ICR 1458;
  • Page v Smith [1996] AC 155 (HL);
  • Fatal Accidents Act 1976;
  • Haltby v Brigham & Cowan (Hull) Ltd 2000 ICR 1086 CA;
  • Barker v Corus [2006] UKHL 20.

In this podcast Andrew Ritchie QC and Robert McAllister, who successfully represented the claimant, discuss the case of Corr v IBC Vehicles. In particular, they examine the scope of the duty of care in self-harm cases; the issue of foreseeability; the kind of harm covered by personal injury litigation; the defences of novus actus and volenti; the operation of the Fatal Accidents Act; and whether contributory negligence is an appropriate finding where a person takes his own life.

Podcast Added: 25/7/2008

Podcast last reviewed: 2011-07-25

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