AREA: Volenti non fit injuria (Where harm is suffered by consent, there exists no legal injury and no ground of civil action)
FACTS:
Plaintiff was a spectator at a motor car race being held at Brooklands on the track owned by the defendant.
Two cars collided during the race, one of which was thrown among the spectators.
This injured the plaintiff, for which an action was brought by him.
ISSUE:
Can Brooklands Auto Racing club be held liable?
HELD:
That the plaintiff impliedly took the risk of such injury, the danger being inherent in the sport which any spectator could foresee, the defendant hence was not liable.
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