Sintes (Respondent/Claimant) v London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Appellant/ Defendant)
Tuesday 28 – Wednesday 29 April 2026
By appellant’s notice filed on 28 August 2025 and sealed 1 September 2025 the Appellant appeals the order dated 30 July 2025, in which the court found the London Borough of Tower Hamlets liable in negligence and public nuisance for injuries sustained by the claimant.
The claimant tripped on scaffolding poles left on the public footpath at Whitechapel Market by an unidentified market trader.
The court held that the defendant, as the street-trading licensing authority, owed a duty of care to highway users and had assumed responsibility for the market’s safe operation. The defendant was found to have breached this duty by failing to inspect and remove the obstruction.
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