Summary of Recent Cases, February 2020
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Summary of Recent Cases - Substantive Law
James (On her own behalf & in her capacity as personal representative of the estate of Christopher James, deceased) v White Lion Hotel (a Partnership), QBD (Bristol) (Judge Cotter QC) 09/01/2020
The deceased had been staying at the Defendant's hotel. He returned to his hotel room at around 2.46am, having attended a wedding nearby. Sometime thereafter, he fell from the window of the room, and landed on the pavement approximately nine metres below the window. His body was later discovered by a passer-by.
Following this incident, the owners of the hotel...
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