Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 20:01:40 +0100

From: Robert Stevens

Subject: Childs v. Desormeaux

1) I don't think anyone was suggesting that a host would be liable to his guests for their injuries to themselves when they drunkenly drive home. That is their lookout.

2) Parties per se are not careless. If you ply your guests with booze, knowing they are going to drive home, you are imposing an unreasonable risk on third parties by your conduct which could have been easily avoided.

Robert Stevens
Barrister
University of Oxford

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