Grimes v Hawkins [2011] EWHC 2004 (QB)

Occupiers: The extent of the duty

Magnus Hassett examines three recent high-profile court decisions and what they mean for landowners and their advisers ‘In the three cases considered, the court concluded that the law did not allow them to compensate the claimants for their injuries, no matter how desirable that outcome might seem given the catastrophic and life-changing injuries suffered by …

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Occupier: State of play

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Following a wealth of decisions in 2011, Simon Cradick reviews an occupier’s liability ‘Anyone who has possession, or a sufficient degree of control, of premises, or an area within premises, may be an occupier.’ In 2011, we saw an unusual number of reported occupier’s liability claims, analysis of which provides a useful illustration of the …

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Tort: Look before you leap

David Sawtell summarises the law relating to assumption of risk ‘The practitioner must carefully weigh up the indicia pointing towards and away from an “assumption of responsibility” when assessing the merits of a claim or a defence.’ It would be sensible to expect someone who is injured sliding down the banisters in a pub to …

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