The facts of the case were that the plaintiff and defendant had been on a joint drinking spree and were both heavily intoxicated. The plaintiff rode pillion on the defendant's motorbike encouraging the defendant to drive recklessly. The Court of Appeal stated that the joint illegality made it impossible to apply a standard of care and, therefore, the action should fail.
Answer
Pitts v Hunt [1991] 1 QB 24
Tags
#defences #law #negligence #tort
Question
The facts of the case were that the plaintiff and defendant had been on a joint drinking spree and were both heavily intoxicated. The plaintiff rode pillion on the defendant's motorbike encouraging the defendant to drive recklessly. The Court of Appeal stated that the joint illegality made it impossible to apply a standard of care and, therefore, the action should fail.
Answer
?
Tags
#defences #law #negligence #tort
Question
The facts of the case were that the plaintiff and defendant had been on a joint drinking spree and were both heavily intoxicated. The plaintiff rode pillion on the defendant's motorbike encouraging the defendant to drive recklessly. The Court of Appeal stated that the joint illegality made it impossible to apply a standard of care and, therefore, the action should fail.
Answer
Pitts v Hunt [1991] 1 QB 24
If you want to change selection, open original toplevel document below and click on "Move attachment"
Parent (intermediate) annotation
Open it In Pitts v Hunt [1991] 1 QB 24, Dillon LJ stated:
It is clear for a start that the fact that a plaintiff was engaged in illegal activity which brought about his injury does not automatically bring it abo
Original toplevel document (pdf)
cannot see any pdfs
Summary
status
not learned
measured difficulty
37% [default]
last interval [days]
repetition number in this series
0
memorised on
scheduled repetition
scheduled repetition interval
last repetition or drill
Details
No repetitions
Discussion
Do you want to join discussion? Click here to log in or create user.