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100 1 _aMurdoch, John
245 0 0 _aTrespassers must shoulder the blame
260 _c2006
490 0 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0626) 1 July 2006, 153(1)
520 _aLooks at the current legal situation regarding liability for injured trespassers, concluding that occupiers are liable only if there is a danger arising from the state of premises and they are aware of both the danger and the trespass. Reviews recent cases pertaining to the Occupiers' Liability Act 1984. Refers to "Tomlinson v Congleton BC" ([2003] UKHL 47, Abs67008); "Maloney v Torfaen County BC" ([2005] EWCA Civ 1762), where a man took a shortcut home and fell from a sloping grass bank onto concrete; and "Keown v Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust" ([2006] EWCA Civ 39) where a child fell while climbing up the underside of a fire escape on hospital grounds.
590 _aIKA180706
650 2 4 _aOCCUPIERS LIABILITY ACT 1984
650 2 4 _aTOMLINSON V CONGLETON BC
650 2 4 _aMALONEY V TORFAEN COUNTY BC
650 2 4 _aKEOWN V COVENTRY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
651 4 _aEngland and Wales
_y1543-
690 _aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE-DUTY OF CARE-LIABILITY
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