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Duty of care and risk assessments in cycling events
The High Court in Hetherington v Fell & Ferryhill Wheelers Cycling Club [2025] considered whether a cycling club owed a duty of care for risk assessments at a time trial
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I ride too!
For too long, cyclists have been treated as some sort of societal outgroup. There is an ‘us and them’ culture causing sharp debate at any suggestion of sharing the road.
Near Misses
Many cycling collisions go unreported because the cyclist is not too badly injured and his/her bike is not damaged.
Road Share Campaign for Presumed Liability
Brenda Mitchell from Cycle Law Scotland founded the Road Share Campaign which seeks to introduce presumed liability onto Scotland's roads and bring some legal protection to all vulnerable road users.
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