Duty of Care Owed by Occupier in UK Law
Leading Cases
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British Railways Board v Herrington
... ... 2 I have no doubt that if the Appellants owed to potential child trespassers any duty of care ... to lay down a general rule that no occupier is under any duty to potential trespassers, ... ...
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Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
... ... the Home Office or these Borstal officers owed any duty of care to the Respondents capable of ... that a trespasser can somehow become the occupier's 'neighbour' within the meaning of the somewhat ... ...
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Anns v Merton London Borough Council
... ... Whether a local authority is under any duty of care towards owners or occupiers of any such ... argue that in the circumstances the council owed no duty of care to the plaintiffs ... 15 This ... themselves have a remedy against the occupier under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957. A right ... ...
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Murphy v Brentwood District Council
... ... 7 The person to whom the duty is owed is an owner or occupier of the house who ... a common law duty to take reasonable care that plans should conform with byelaws or ... ...
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Legislation
- Consumer Rights Act 2015
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Occupiers' Liability Act 1984
... ... 1: Duty of occupier to persons other than his visitors ... law, to determine (a) whether any duty is owed by a person as occupier of premises to persons ... Liability Act 1957 (the common duty of care) , and(b) those who are his visitors for the ... ...
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Occupiers' Liability Act 1957
... ... regulate the duty which an occupier of premises owes to his ... it is owed; and accordingly for the purpose of the rules so ... ‘common duty of care’, to all his visitors, except in so far as he ... ...
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Housing (Wales) Act 2014
... ... ;(d) making arrangements with a tenant or occupier of the dwelling to secure access to the dwelling ... 2 ... Registration ... 14: Duty to maintain register in relation to rental ... accommodation,(b) young people leaving care,(c) people leaving the regular armed forces of ... notified under section 63 that a duty is owed to the applicant under section 66 (duty to help ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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THE OCCUPIERS’ LIABILITY ACT
... ... which previously regu- lated an occupier’s liability towards his hvitees, ... occupier of premises’ the same duty, described as the “common duty of ... and to whom the common duty of care is owed are the same “ as the persons ... ...
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Law Reform and Occupier's Liability
... ... in paragraph 70 on the duty of landlords remaining in occupation of ... he should owe the common duty of care to any third party lawfully using the ... the high standard of care owed by the lessor under the Committee’s ... ...
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Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984
... ... whether the exceptional positive legal duty to help the police overrode the privilege ... as the duty of “common humanity” owed by occupiers to trespassers, was ... between common humanity and reasonable care was very narrow, if indeed it existed ... to‘ exclude or restrict the occupier’s duty. Section 2 of the Act makes a ... ...
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Twine V. Bean's Express, Ltd.
... ... put in the form that the servant owed a duty to take care, that he failed in ... Bramwell thought that “if the occupier were sporting or firing at a mark on his ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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John Lewis- Never Knowingly An Occupier
... ... the defendant owed the claimant a duty of care and the defendant ... ...
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Occupier Or Employer - Who Pays?
... ... law that employers owe a non-delegable duty of care to their employees. However as covered in ... , the non-delegable nature of the duties owed by an employer does not preclude another party ... ...
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Do Occupiers Of Land Have A Duty Of Care To Contractors?
... ... of Jamie Yates v National Trust which looks at the duties of care owed by an occupier to his contractor's employees ... The last month has ... ...
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Resolving Rural Disputes Webinar: Open Water And Occupiers' Liability
... ... Brailsford look at the duties owed by land owners and ... occupiers to members of ... occupying land owe a duty of care towards people coming on to that ... The occupier is the person having control of the land - ... ...
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