Articles by Patrick Sadd

End of the line for Stubbings?

In Brief : In Stubbings v Webbb  the Court of Appeal declared itself bound by its previous decision in Letang v Cooper in finding that the assaults were breaches of duty rather than torts. In A v Hoare, if the House of Lords follows the sense of legal indignation aired by the Court of Appeal in rela­tion to Stubbings, its decision will be one of the most significant of the last decade and is likely to have a profound impact on civil claims for abuse.