Smithstone (claimant/appellant) v Tranmoor Primary School (defendant/respondent)
Tuesday 2 December 2025
By Appellant’s Notice filed on 6 September 2024, the Claimant appeals against the order of HHJ Baddeley dated 21 August 2024 sitting in the Sheffield County Court, whereby the Judge dismissed the C’s appeal.
The Claimant’s claim arises out of an accident in 2018, when the Claimant, then aged 8, was at school and hence a visitor to those premises which were occupied by the Defendant. The Claimant was injured when his finger was trapped by a closing door. The Claimant contends that injury could, and should, have been avoided by securing the door so that pupils could pass safely through the doorway.
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