Legal Decision on Liability

In the recent case of Uren v Ministry of Defence (1st Defendant) and Corporate Leisure (2nd Defendant) the High Court ruled in favour of the defendants. In his judgement Mr Justice Field said “enjoyable competitive activities are an important and beneficial part of the life of the very many people who are fit enough to participate in them. In my judgement neither Corporate Leisure nor the Ministry of Defence was obliged to neuter the game of much of its enjoyable challenge by prohibiting head first entry.” The plaintiff was paralysed when he dived head first into 18 inches of water during a “It’s a Knockout” style event. A full assessment of this decision is contained in our Legal Update page.