United Kingdom

Webster v Norfolk County Council

[2009] EWCA Civ 59

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year2009

Statusunclear

Key Principle

A local authority owes a duty of care to users of its highways to take reasonable steps to deal with dangers arising from ice and snow where it knows or ought to know of the danger.

Area of Law

tort, public-law

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