The recent Court of Appeal judgment that absolved parents giving a children's party from responsibility for serious injuries suffered by an 11-year-old boy playing on a bouncy castle they had hired was a victory for common sense. Describing the accident as "freak and tragic", the Court of Appeal held that the parents' conduct in relation to the boy was of a level that a reasonably careful parent was bound to show for a child of the claimant's age.The case was an appeal from the High Court judgment Harris v Perry [2008] made on 8 May, 2008, in which Mr Justice David Steel found Mr and Mrs Perry in breach of their duty of care to Sam Harris.
September 03, 2008 at 10:28 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
A Court of Appeal judgment absolved a couple from responsibility for serious injury to a child at a bouncy castle party. But should parents be required to provide a constant watch of children’s activities? Graham Ecklund reports
The recent Court of Appeal judgment that absolved parents giving a children’s party from responsibility for serious injuries suffered by an 11-year-old boy playing on a bouncy castle they had hired was a victory for common sense.
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