Simms v Leigh RFC [1969] 2 All ER 923
Judgement for the case Simms v Leigh RFC
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Plaintiff was playing rugby at Defendant’s ground and was tackled, hurling him into a concrete wall close to the touchline so that his leg broke.
Wrangham J
held that although Defendant had a duty of care to Plaintiff, the likelihood of injury was so remote that Defendant would not be liable - E.g. it had never happened before and only resulted as a collision of 3 players.
He says that a player “willingly accepts all the risks of playing a game on such a playing field as complies with the byelaws laid down by the governing body of the game.”
Therefore Plaintiff has to fail.
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