Clough v First Choice Holidays and Flights Ltd: QBD 2005

‘Mr Saggerson [then appearing for the Defendant] made the point . . that there is always a risk of slipping around a swimming pool. That, I am sure, is the common experience of everyone who uses a swimming pool, whether at home or abroad. In those circumstances, I find it difficult to draw much from accounts of incidents of slipping such as those to which these witnesses referred’.

Judges:

DW Foskett QC

Citations:

[2005] EWHC 80 (QB)

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedHealy v Cosmosair Plc and others QBD 28-Jul-2005
The claimant sought damages after being injured diving into a swimming pool in Portugal when on a holiday organised by the defendants. He said that the surrounds of the pool were not provided with appropriate non-slip surfaces. The defendant said . .
Appeal fromClough v First Choice Holidays and Flights Ltd CA 25-Jan-2006
The appellant broke his neck slipping from a wall in a swimming pool in Lanzarote. The wall was not coated with fully non-slip paint. At first instance the failure to use such paint was held negligent for the purpose of the contract between them and . .
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Updated: 03 July 2022; Ref: scu.229775