Defence of driver to claim by a child pedestrian who walked out in front of the defendant’s vehicle

Produced in partnership with Thea Wilson of 12 King's Bench Walk
Precedents

Defence of driver to claim by a child pedestrian who walked out in front of the defendant’s vehicle

Produced in partnership with Thea Wilson of 12 King's Bench Walk

Precedents

Defence for a child claimant who walked out in front of the Defendant’s vehicle

In the County Court at [insert]

Claim No: [insert claim number]

Between

  1. A B        Claimant

  1. and

  1. X Y        Defendant

Defence

    1. 1

      Unless otherwise states, paragraph numbers in this Defence refer to paragraph numbers in the Particulars of claim dated [insert date].

    1. 2

      Paragraph 1 of the Particulars of Claim is admitted.

    1. 3

      It is admitted that the accident described at paragraph 2 occurred at the time and place stated.

    1. 4

      Negligence and causation as alleged in paragraph 3 of the Particulars of Claim, or at all, are each denied. The Defendant will say that he proceeded along [insert

Thea Wilson
Thea Wilson

Thea has been a tenant at 12 King's Bench Walk since the completion of her pupillage in October 2010. She specialises in Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, Inquests, Credit Hire, Fraud Work and Costs. Thea appears in court regularly, acting for both claimants and defendants. Additionally, Thea has a busy paper-based practice, drafting particulars of claim, schedules of loss, defences, counter schedules and applications, and advising on liability and quantum. Before coming to the Bar, Thea worked as a paralegal at a regional law firm, specialising in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence claims.

Powered by Lexis+®
Jurisdiction(s):
United Kingdom
Key definition:
Defence definition
What does Defence mean?

The statement of case in which the defendant sets out the facts on which he relies in response to the particulars of claim.

Popular documents