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Condon v Basi-The Defendants tackle was reckless even against the reasonable local league player.
Pitcher v Huddersfield Town Football Club Ltd- there was insufficient time to abort the tackle.
Vicarious Liability and Likely Damages in Football
Ben Collett (Manchester United FC) v Gary Smith & Middlesborough FC- they didn’t take into
account what he could have earned after his carrier-£3.6 million in special damages
Deliberate intention to injure
Alf Inge Haaland v Roy Keane & Manchester United FC- they couldn’t prove that D injured C as C
already was injured before the game.
GB v Stoke City Football Club Ltd and another- claimant had failed to rebut the burden of proof
therefore claim was dismissed.
The reasonable standard – reckless play
Paul Elliot (Chelsea FC) v Dean Saunders & Liverpool FC- The Court favoured the evidence
provided by the officials in that Saunders was attempting to “play the ball” and had not acted
recklessly. Given that, Liverpool FC were held not to be vicariously liable and the case failed.
Reasonable foreseeability
McCord v Swansea FC- Liability for soccer injury; recklessness not required to be shown after clear
foul outside laws of game, no violence to such acts.(this is reasonably foreseeable that due to this
foul the claimant will suffer serious injuries which could potentially ruin his carrier and because of this
the D is found liable)
Watson v Gray and Another- The claimant was injured by a foul tackle which ended his football
career. The defendant admitted liability, but denied that he would have gone on to be a premier
league player (not prove potential loss of future earnings)
The extent of liability post Mohamud
AM Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc- This required the consideration of the employee’s
functions and whether there was a sufficient connection between the wrongful conduct and the
employer.