| Letang v Cooper | |
|---|---|
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| Court | Court of Appeal |
| Full case name | Doreen Ann Letang v Frank Anthony Cooper |
| Decided | 15 June 1964 |
| Citations | [1965] 1 QB 232 [1964] EWCA Civ 5 [1964] 2 Lloyd's Rep 339 [1964] 2 All ER 929 |
| Transcript | BAILII transcript |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Lord Denning MR, Diplock LJ and Danckwerts LJ |
| Keywords | |
| Negligence, personal injury, trespass to the person | |
Letang v Cooper [1964] EWCA Civ 5 (15 June 1964) is an English Court of Appeal judgment, by which it was decided that negligently caused personal injury cannot be recovered under the trespass to the person, but the tort of negligence must be tried instead.