Nettleship v. Weston

Nettleship v. Weston

English case infobox
name=Nettleship v. Weston
court=Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
date_decided= 30 June 1971
full_name= Nettleship v. Weston
citations= [1971] 2 Q.B. 691; [1971] 3 W.L.R. 370; [1971] 3 All E.R. 581; [1971] R.T.R. 425; (1971) 115 S.J. 624
judges= Lord Denning MR, Salmon LJ and Megaw LJ
Cases_cited= "Dann v Hamilton" [1939] 1 K.B. 509; "Insurance Commissioner v Joyce" 77 C.L.R. 39
Legislation_cited= Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c.64); Employers' Liability Act 1880; Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (c.31) s.2; Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (c.31) s.2(4); Road Traffic Act 1960; Road Traffic Act 1930 (c.43) s.12; Rules of the Supreme Court (Revision) 1965 (SI 1965 1776) para.7
prior_actions=n/a
subsequent_actions=n/a
Keywords=Road Traffic Offences; Standard of Care; Tort;

"Nettleship v Weston" [1971] 3 All ER 581 is an English Court of Appeal judgment dealing with the breach of duty in negligence claims. In this case the court had considered the question of the standard of care that shuld be applied to a learner driver.

Facts

Mr Nettleship, the plaintiff now reffered to as claimant not plaintiff, agreed to teach Mrs Weston, the defendant, to drive in her husband’s car. During one of the lessons, the defendant lost control of the car and caused an accident in which the plaintiff (instructor) was injured. The defendant argued that the plaintiff was well aware of her lack of skill and that the court should make allowance for her since she could not be expected to drive like an experienced motorist.

Judgment

The Court of Appeal, consisting of Lord Denning MR, Salmon LJ and Megaw LJ held that applying a lower standard to the learner driver because the instructor was aware of his inexperience would result in complicated shifting standards. It would imply, for example, that an inexperienced doctor owed his patient a lower standard of care if the patient was aware of his lack of experience. The standard of care for a learner driver would be the usual standard applied to drivers: that of an experienced and skilled driver. The policy consideration that played a role in this decision was that the learner driver was covered by insurance.

Over the dissent of Megaw LJ, the Court of Appeal held that the instructor was also responsible for the accident as he was partially in control of the car and should only be able to recover half of his damages due to contributory negligence.

ee also

* Duty of care
* Breach of duty in English law
*"Wilsher v. Essex Area Health Authority"


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