Duty of Care Owed by Occupier in UK Law

  • THE OCCUPIERS’ LIABILITY ACT
    • No. 21-4, July 1958
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • Law Reform and Occupier's Liability
    • No. 19-2, March 1956
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984
    • No. 47-6, November 1984
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • Twine V. Bean's Express, Ltd.
    • No. 17-2, March 1954
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... 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 ... ...
  • The Restriction of Strict Liability
    • No. 10-4, October 1947
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... Lords, liability was measured by the duty owed by an occupier to an invitee. At ... this class of invitees) a duty of care is owed, the reason being that the ... ...
  • Mixed And Vicarious Liability―A Suggested Distinction
    • No. 29-2, March 1966
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... wont to say that a person under a duty of care will be held liable for ... a duty which he, the master, owed. This liability had something of a ... delegable, such as the duty of the occupier of the premises towards visitors,ll a ... ...
  • Shirvell V. Hackwood Estates Ltd.
    • No. 2-3, December 1938
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... of interest : (I) What is the duty owed by an occupier of land to a ... ’s invitee, and (2) a duty of care existing, what amounts to negligence in the ... ...
  • Negligence
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • Julian Bailey
    • 855-957
    ... ... ? 856 Elements of negligence 857 Element 1: a duty of care 858 (i) he duty of care concept 858 ... operatives 918 (ii) purchaser or occupier 918 (iii) Government of Singapore 920 architect ... type in respect of which the duty of care is owed. 7 3 British Crane Hire Corporation Ltd v ... ...
  • Landowner, Tenant and Occupier
    • Contents
    • Public Rights of Way: The Essential Law
    • Angela Sydenham
    • 45-58
    ... ... On looking at the statement, care should be taken to distinguish between a mere ... The landowner owes to the invitee a duty of care. The duty is ‘to take such care as in ... (1) a breach of a duty of care owed by the defendant to the claimant; ... (2) a ... ...
  • Public or Private? Duty of Care in a Statutory Framework: Stovin v Wise in the House of Lords
    • No. 60-4, July 1997
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... The council did not dispute that, if a duty were owed, it had been in breach of duty. It was held to be 30 per cent to blame for ... An occupier is under a common law duty to take positive action to remove or reduce ... ...
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