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A number of the cases discussed in this chapter have also been reported in the media. Here is a selection.
Patel v Mirza [2016]
Case Comment on UKSC blog - http://ukscblog.com/new-judgment-patel-v-mirza-2015-uksc-42/
YouTube video outlining the facts of the case - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WpPRGOkTNQ
Jackson v Murray [2015]
You can watch the Supreme Court handing down the judgment in this case here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhnc2M-kD4
Don’t forget you can watch video of other cases via the Supreme Court’s YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/UKSupremeCourt
Case Comment on UKSC blog:
http://ukscblog.com/new-judgment-jackson-v-murray-anor-2015-uksc-5/
Gray v Thames Trains [2009]
Rail crash ‘turned man into killer’ (3 March 2003)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2815187.stm
Dan Newling, Man who claimed Paddington train crash turned him into a killer can appeal for compensation’, Daily Mail, 25 June 2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1029343/Man-claimed-Paddington-train-crash-turned-killer-claim-compensation.html
Daily Telegraph law report -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/lawreports/2236208/GRAY-v-THAMES-TRAINS-LTD-and-ANR.html
Case Comment on UKSC blog -
http://ukscblog.com/case-comment-gray-v-thames-trains-2009-ukhl-33
You cannot benefit from your own wrong (19 June 2009)
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/reports/article6529665.ece [now behind a paywall - your institution may have a subscription, alternatively it will be available via LexisNexis]
News report on the Paddington/Labroke Grove train crashes (the background to Gray)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8285588.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1396613.stm - including interviews with survivors
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/london_train_crash/465503.stm
BBC news report – including links to eye witness videos on Paddington train crash – background to Gray v Thames Trains
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/465508.stm
Collett v Smith and Another [2008]
A BBC news report including a video report from his solicitor
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7553678.stm
'Man United trainee Ben Collett awarded record £4.5 million over injury' Marcus Leroux (12 August 2008)
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article4504210.ece
Badger v Ministry of Defence [2005]
BBC news report on Badger v Ministry of Defence [2005]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4535640.stm
Illegality
Law Commission Consultation Papers on Illegality
The Illegality Defence, March 2010
http://www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission/areas/illegality.htm
http://www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission/publications/the-illegality-defence.htm
Law Commission discussion of illegality defence
Lord Sumption’s speech on Illegality, April 2012
http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/illegality/#illegality-2
‘Reflections on the Law of Illegality’
https://www.supremecourt.uk/docs/speech_120423.pdf
An up-date on Pitts v Hunt?
‘Can a thief sue the reckless driver of the get-away car? BLG legal update on Joyce v O'Brien, [2013] EWCA Civ 546, 14 June 2013
http://blog.blg.com/legalupdate/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=27#page=1
Contributory Negligence
Cycle helmets and contributory negligence
An article on Drinkall v Whitwood as well as other cycle helmet cases
http://www.cyclistsdefencefund.org.uk/cycle-helmets-and-contributory-negligence
A blog post from the Guardian on ‘Why wearing a helmet could affect your legal status’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2011/sep/08/helmet-legal-status
http://ukcyclerules.com/2011/07/04/cycle-helmets-legal-aspects/
Cases
Morris v Murray [1990]
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1990/10.html
Pitts v Hunt [1990]
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1990/17.html
Jones v Livox Quarries [1952]
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1952/2.html
Gray v Thames Trains [2009]
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2009/33.html
Jackson v Murray [2015]
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2015/5.html