Hearings
England & Wales
04 Jun 1962 [1963] 2 QB 43; [1962] 3 WLR 616; [1962] 2 All ER 978, CA
Wooldridge v Sumner
Subject Matter
NEGLIGENCE — Sport — Competitor and spectator — Standard of care — Horse show — Heavyweight hunter competition — Galloping horse driven too fast round corner of arena — Deviation from arena into shrubs bordering arena — Attempt to bring horse back into arena — Injury to non-paying spectator standing at edge of arena — Whether competitor liable
[1963] 2 QB 43; [1962] 3 WLR 616
VOLENTI NON FIT INJURIA — Sport — Competitor and spectator — Horse show — Galloping horse driven too fast round corner of arena — Injury to non-paying spectator standing at edge of arena — Whether doctrine applicable