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Cockbill v Riley: Youthful Exuberance and the Test of Foreseeability - Frances McClenaghan, 1 Chancery Lane

21/05/13. I turned 29 recently. As I reminisced about the days when hangovers were a mild inconvenience to be overcome within a matter of hours, my attention was drawn to a recent case arising out of an end-of-GCSE party, a paddling pool and an attempted bellyflop that went tragically wrong.

On 20 July 2006, Ryan Cockbill went to a barbeque organised by a friend – Sarah Riley, armed with a 12 pack of Budweiser beer and 12 bottles of Vodka Kick. When he arrived, he saw that two paddling pools had been set up in the back garden at Sarah’s house; photographs taken at the time show that the larger pool came up to adult waist-height...

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