THREE SIX-FIFTEEN; THE CIRCLE DISASTER AND THE APPLICABILITY OF THE RULE IN RYLANDS V. FLETCHER (PART II) By Akua Aduwaa Brifo and Dominic Ohene Ofori
Are there any defences available to GOIL? Satisfying the Rylands rule, as we have aforementioned, does not take away any “defence” available to a Defendant. In the Rylands case, Blackburn J after stating the rule added that a defendant may “excuse himself by showing that the escape was owing to the plaintiff’s default; or perhaps […]