The Cambridge Law Journal



Case and Comment

NO NEW SCOPE FOR CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE


Neil Beresford 

Abstract

CONTRIBUTORY negligence has never been a defence to an action in deceit. Of the dozen or so authorities to this effect, the dictum most often cited is that of Sir George Jessel M.R. in Redgrave v. Hurd (1881) 20 Ch.D 1 at 13–14: