Scheduled for Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 12:30

The Highways Act 1980 places a duty on a local highway authority to maintain a highway so it is safe for use. In tripping cases, a claimant has to prove that the highway authority has breached this duty. Section 58 of the Act provides the highway authority with a defence against this claim if it can prove that it has taken ‘such care as in all the circumstances was reasonably required to secure that the part of the highway to which the action relates was not dangerous for traffic’.

This webinar will cover:

• Liability of highway authorities
• Section 58 defence
• Statutory undertakers
• Common problems with highways claims
• Slips and trips in the workplace
• Workplace (HSW) Regulations
• Defence of reasonable practicability
• Common problems with workplace tripping/slipping claims