Cases

Carden v The Jockey Club

Facts

An amateur jockey sustained very severe spinal injuries when his horse fell while attempting to take a hurdle. He sued the owner of the racecourse and the Jockey Club, the regulatory body for horseracing, respectively, in negligence and under the OLA 1957, and in negligence. The claim against the Jockey Club was that by licensing Southwell racecourse to use an artificial surface in combination with a new type of hurdle, it had breached its duty to take reasonable steps to minimise or control, whether by rules or directions, the risks inherent in the sport.

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