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Local authority not liable for trip and fall on public footpath
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High Court dismisses personal injuries action against local authority, where the plaintiff had caught her foot between concrete slabs and fallen on the public footpath, on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to establish any fault in the design of the footpath and that there was no evidence of repairs to the footpath in the past 30 years.
Personal injuries - fall on public footpath - claim against local authority - foot trapped between concrete kerbs - defence of nonfeasance - novus actus interveniens - expert evidence - engineering evidence - medical evidence.
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