Contributory negligence
Doctrine in Tort. 6 cases, with the principle each one established. By lanbuk.com.
- Arnaud France v Commissioner of Police (MAG APP 29 of 1963) [1963] SLSC 2 (19 August 1963)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1963
Principle established: Even if a driver improperly enters a street, an oncoming driver remains under a duty of care to avoid a collision if it can be averted by ordinary care.
- Arnaud France v Commissioner of Police (MAG APP 29 of 1963) [1963] SLSC 31 (19 August 1963)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1963
Principle established: A driver owes a duty to exercise ordinary care to avoid a collision even when another vehicle has wrongfully entered the roadway.
- Hannah E. Grant v Karim Lawrence (CC 34 of 1962) [1963] SLSC 39 (16 September 1963)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1963
Principle established: A driver is negligent if he fails to avert colliding with a pedestrian who has already progressed sufficiently into the roadway to be clearly visible.
- Hannah E. Grant, Administratrix of the Estate of William M. Grant, Deceased. v Karim Lawrence (CC 34 of 1962) [1963] SLSC 12 (16 September 1963)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1963
Principle established: A pedestrian who has advanced sufficiently into the road is not guilty of contributory negligence for failing to check traffic where an oncoming driver could have avoided him.
- Jalloh v Bangura (CIV APP 44 of 1977) [1980] SLCA 2 (14 February 1980)
Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1980
Principle established: Contributory negligence must be specifically pleaded and proved, requiring proof that the plaintiff failed to take ordinary care for their own safety which contributed to the accident.
- Jalloh v Bangura (Civil Appeal 44 of 1977) [1980] SLSC 8 (14 February 1980)
Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1980
Principle established: Contributory negligence must be specifically pleaded and proved, requiring proof that the plaintiff failed to take ordinary care for their own safety which contributed to the accident.