Keyword

duty of care

2 decisions turning on duty of care.

Hawridge Strategic Land Limited v Millen Homes Limited

Property / Real Estate LawThe Business and Property Courts (Business List)4 Aug 2026[2026] EWHC 1934 (Ch)

Hawridge Strategic Land Limited, a land promoter, sued Millen Homes Limited, a developer, over an option agreement affecting land at Bicknacre Road, East Hanningfield, Chelmsford. On 14 June 2019 the defendant entered an Option…

Teresa White & Anor v Hooke Highways Limited & Anor

Tort / Personal InjuryThe King's Bench Division of the High Court31 Jul 2026[2026] EWHC 2020 (KB)

Jack Bristow, a 23-year-old trainee Traffic Management Operative, was killed on 18 February 2022 during Storm Eunice while returning to Oxfordshire in a works van driven by his colleague Callum Smith. A tree fell onto the cab on…

reasonable-foreseeability risk-assessment standard-of-care duty of care causation