![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘They have agreed to share responsibility for the injuries and resultant losses flowing from the crash tests to the extent that the BBC will meet two-thirds of the claim,’ she said.The dive master insisted on a non-essential three-minute stop at 5m below the surface, despite the student's breathing difficulties, a trial heard.Ī scuba diver died because his instructor did not take him to the surface quickly enough when he got into difficulties, a jury was told.Įxperienced Professional Association of Diving Instructors dive master, Nigel Craig, is accused of making the wrong decision to proceed with a non-essential three minute safety stop despite student Richard Stansfield having breathing problems and panicking, at Leicestershire's Stoney Cove diving centre, in Stoney Stanton. Mrs Justice Yip outlined how it wasn’t up to her to ‘determine liability’ for the injuries Mr Stansfield suffered, as that is to be ‘resolved by agreement between the parties’. ‘Equally, there was evidence that the BBC had actively sought advice, been warned of the danger, yet allowed the experiment to proceed,’ she said. She added that in the ‘finished piece’, Mr Stansfield remarks that he ‘wouldn’t recommend’ the exercise. ‘On his own account to camera, the claimant was simulating a road traffic collision of the sort that commonly causes injury,’ she said, acknowledging that ‘it might be thought that someone of his intelligence and scientific background might have appreciated the risk’. Pictured are presenters Yan Wong, Jem Stansfield, Liz Bonnin and Dallas Campbell in front of some actual science. ![]() #OnThisDay 2009: Bang Goes the Theory was first broadcast. ![]()
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