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Background
By the early nineteenth century, the ancient remedy of dedands had largely fallen into desuetude. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar However, during the 1830s the rapid development of the railways led to increasing public hostility to the epidemic of railway deaths and the indifferent attitudes of the railway companies. Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. This article is part of a series on the History of rail transport in Great Britain The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1830 - 1922 covers the period Under the common law of England and Wales, the death of a person causes purely emotional and pure economic loss to their relatives. Common law refers to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive In general, damages cannot be recovered for either type of damage, only for physical damage to the claimant or their property, and families of fatal accident victims had no claim. This was the rule declared by the court in Baker v. Bolton (1808). [1]
As a result, coroner's juries started to award deodands as a way of penalising the railways. A coroner is an official responsible for investigating deaths particularly some of those happening under unusual circumstances and determining the cause of death A jury a sworn body of persons convened to render a rational, impartial Verdict (a finding of fact on a question officially submitted to them The railway accident at Sonning Cutting (1841) was particularly notorious. The Sonning Cutting railway accident occurred in the early hours on December 24, 1841 in the Sonning Cutting, near Reading Berkshire, [2] This alerted legislators, in particular Lord Campbell and the Select Committee on Railway Labourers (1846). John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell, PC ( 17 September 1779 &ndash 24 June 1861) was a British Liberal Politician [3] In the face of railway opposition, Campbell introduced a bill in 1845 that would lead to the Fatal Accidents Act 1846, Lord Campbell's Act, along with a bill to abolish deodands. The Fatal Accidents Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict c93 often referred to as Lord Campbell's Act, was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The latter proposal, which became law as the Deodands Act 1846, to some extent mitigated railway hostility. [2]
The Act
Repeal
References
Bibliography
- Cornish, W. & Clarke, G. (1989). Law and Society in England 1750-1950. London: Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 0421311509.
- Kostal, R. W. (1994). Law and English Railway Capitalism, 1825–1875. ISBN 019825671X.
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