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High Court dismisses an action for damages for personal injuries occasioned to a runner when he collided with galloping horse on an open plain known as a 'gallops', on the grounds, inter alia, that: (a) the occupiers of the land were not under a duty to erect signs warning of galloping horses, nor to fence off the areas where horses were being trained; and (b) the runner could have avoided the accident if he had been keeping a look out for animals, and had he not been listening to music on headphones.
Collision between runner and galloping horse - claim against managers of racecourse and 'gallops' - area operated by private company under licence from Minister for Defence - s. 2 of the Curragh of Kildare Act 1961 - claim against owners of 'gallops' and trainer of horse - Curragh Acts - licence - covenant not to enclose lands - claim that defendants were negligent - Occupiers’ Liability Act 1995 - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 - failure to protect pedestrians from galloping horses - dislocated shoulder - PTSD - severe pain - arthritis - whether sign should have been placed to warn of galloping horses - appropriate location of such a sign - whether gallops should have been cordoned off - whether runner had been negligent - whether listening to music on earphones was negligent.
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