Phee v Gordon and Another: SCS 14 Mar 2013

(Extra Division – Inner House) – Appeal – liability in negligence of golf club after serious injury to novice golfer being hit on head by a golf ball. The player had cried ‘fore’, but the pursuer, instead of turning away, turned toward the ball. The club had not taken particular steps to inform golfers of know pinch points on the course.

Citations:

[2013] ScotCS CSIH – 18, 2013 GWD 11-235, 2013 SLT 439, 2013 SC 379, 2013 Rep LR 79

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Occupiers’ Liability (Scotland) Act 1960 2(1)

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Personal Injury

Updated: 06 February 2022; Ref: scu.472126