Student drivers such as the defendant are required to hang an L-plate when driving.
Court
Court of Appeal
Full case name
Eric Nettleship v Lavinia Weston (Married woman)
Decided
30 June 1971 (1971-06-30)
Citation(s)
[1971] EWCA Civ 6, [1971] 2 QB 691, [1971] 3 WLR 370, [1971] 3 All ER 581, [1971] RTR 425
Legislation cited
Civil Evidence Act 1968 (c.64), Employers' Liability Act 1880, Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 (c.31) s 2, 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
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting
Lord Denning MR, Salmon LJ and Megaw LJ
Keywords
Negligence, standard of care, road traffic
Nettleship v Weston [1971] 2 QB 691 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 should be applied to a learner driver, and whether it should be the same as is expected of an experienced driver.
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