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Case Nos: B3/2000/3074; B3/2001/0171 B3/2000/3472; B3/2001/0334; Neutral Citation Number: IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT His Honour Judge Trigger Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Date: 5th February 2002 B e f o r e : LORD JUSTICE BROOKE LORD JUSTICE HALE and LORD JUSTICE KAY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between B3/2000/3074 TERENCE SUTHERLAND (Chairman of the Governors of St Thomas Becket RC High School) and PENELOPE HATTON Defendant/Appellant Claimant/ Respondent And three other appeals whose names appear on the following page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Andrew Collender QC and Stephen Archer (instructed by Rollingsons for the Defendant/Appellants) Peter Atherton (instructed by Silverbeck Rymer for the Claimant/Respondent) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  B3/2001/0717 Exeter County Court HH Judge Roach B3/2000/3472 Birmingham County Court HH Judge Nicholl B3/2001/0334 Leeds County Court HH Judge Kent-Jones SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL And LEON ALAN BARBER SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL And OLWEN JONES BAKER REFRACTORIES LTD And MELVYN EDWARD BISHOP Defendant/ Appellant Claimant/ Respondent Defendant/Appellant Claimant/ Respondent Defendant/ Appellant Claimant/ Respondent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B3/2001/0717 Robert P Glancy QC Christopher Goddard (instructed by Graham Clayton for the Claimant/Respondent) Andrew Hogarth (instructed by Veitch Penny for the Defendant/Appellant) B3/2000/3472 Ralph Lewis QC (instructed by Simpson Co for the Defendant/Appellants) Mark Anderson (instructed by Martineau Johnson for the Claimant/Respondent) B3/2001/0334 Robert F Owen QC (instructed by Whitfield Hallam Goodall for the Defendant/Appellants) Howard Elgot (instructed by Morrish Co for the Claimant/Respondent) - - - - - - - - - - - - -