A roadway had slipped down the hillside. At one point it was some 25ft below its former position. Though the material underneath was poor and unstable, it was repairable at a substantial cost to the inhabitants of the local borough.
Held: The road had to be repaired. It had not been destroyed.
Citations:
(1876) 1 QBD 703, (1876) 45 LJMC 141, (1876) LT 363, (1876) 41 JP 7 DC
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Goodes v East Sussex County Council HL 16-Jun-2000
The claimant was driving along a road. He skidded on ice, crashed and was severely injured. He claimed damages saying that the Highway authority had failed to ‘maintain’ the road.
Held: The statutory duty on a highway authority to keep a road . .
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Land, Transport
Updated: 17 November 2022; Ref: scu.244699