Mr Saunders was injured when he slipped on an icy pavement, and claimed damages.
Held: A breach of the duty to remove snow did not give rise to a private law cause of action, any more than a breach of the duty to maintain the highway. Before the 1891 Act (Charles J) ‘it was not the duty of the sanitary authority to take any steps to clear the streets of ice and snow.’ It was a duty, which ‘formerly rested upon the householders.’ (Mathew J)
Charles J, Mathew J
[1895] 1 QB 6
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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Nuisance, Negligence
Updated: 10 December 2021; Ref: scu.244698