Liability of public authorities

Sintes v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2026] EWCA Civ 752

A recent Court of Appeal decision dealing with personal injuries concerned a tripping and slipping claim against a local authority in which the significance of omissions was considered in the context of negligence and nuisance. The court decided that Tower Hamlets, in exercising its statutory power as the market licensing authority, did not owe a duty of care to the claimant in negligence or public nuisance for the tripping accident she had suffered in a street market.