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No New Scope for Contributory Negligence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2002

Neil Beresford
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Extract

Contributory negligence has never been a defence to an action in deceit. Of the dozen or so authorities to this effect, the dictum most often cited is that of Sir George Jessel M.R. in Redgrave v. Hurd (1881) 20 Ch.D 1 at 13–14:

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , 07 March 2002 , pp. 17 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2002

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