Sometimes, accidents are just that
Murdoch, John
Sometimes, accidents are just that - 2007 - Estates Gazette (0748) 1 December 2007, 143(1) .
Outlines recent cases where accidents which have befallen members of the public on others' land have not resulted in compensation payable by landowners. A parish council which had filled in a hole it dug on a village green was not held responsible for injury caused by subsequent accidental uncovering of the hole. A tenant who suffered injuries as a result of dancing on her landlord's garage roof was not awarded damages as her actions were held to be trespass.
OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY ACT 1957
OCCUPIERS LIABILITY ACT 1984
COLE V DAVIS-GILBERT
TOMLINSON V CONGLETON BC
SIDDORN V PATEL
KEOWN V COVENTRY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
England and Wales--1543-
Sometimes, accidents are just that - 2007 - Estates Gazette (0748) 1 December 2007, 143(1) .
Outlines recent cases where accidents which have befallen members of the public on others' land have not resulted in compensation payable by landowners. A parish council which had filled in a hole it dug on a village green was not held responsible for injury caused by subsequent accidental uncovering of the hole. A tenant who suffered injuries as a result of dancing on her landlord's garage roof was not awarded damages as her actions were held to be trespass.
OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY ACT 1957
OCCUPIERS LIABILITY ACT 1984
COLE V DAVIS-GILBERT
TOMLINSON V CONGLETON BC
SIDDORN V PATEL
KEOWN V COVENTRY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
England and Wales--1543-