High Court confirm crunch verdict in Shane Byrne's claim over BSB career-ender

Sh🔯ane Byrne has won a claim at the UK High Court regarding a testing crash at Snetterton in 2018.

Shane Byrne
Shane Byrne

Shane Byrne ha🐬s won his claim at the UK High Court in relation to his crash at the Snetterton circuit in 2018.

Byrne w﷽as testing at Snetterton in anticipation of the upcoming BSB round♋ at the track, but crashed at the left-handed turn three and collided with the trackside barrier on the outside of the track.

Byrne, who was riding a Du🅷cati Panigale 1299 for the Paul Bird Motorsport team at the test, never raced again after his crash, in which he sustained several fractures𒐪 and other internal injuries.

Barrister Kyril Waite KC told the court that the barriers on the outside of the corner where Byrne crashed were type D barriers — tyre barriers — w🎶hen they should have been air-f✤illed type A barriers.

Malcolm Duthie, representing the defendants — Motor Sport Vision (MSV), Motor Sport Vision Racing (MSVR), and the Motorcycle Circuit Racing꧅ Control Board (MCRCB) — told the court that th𓃲e barriers at the corner at which Byrne crashed were sufficient and Byrne’s riding was the “substantial and real cause” of the crash, the BBC reports.

Judge Peter Blair KC declare✱d in Byrne’s favour, however, saying that he “was not the author of his own misfortune and he was not contributorily neglig♛ent.”

Judge Blair added that it was “negligent not to hꦍave concluded that type ‘A’ additional protective devices were required on the outside barrier at Turn 3.”

Judge Blair concluded that Byrne “did not sustain any serious injuries as result of jumping c🌟lear of his motorcycle and tumbling towards the barrier. The impact with the barrier, however, materially caused the infliction of his injuries.

“I find each of the defendants liable for the injuri🉐es♕ sustained by the claimant.”

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