s.1(3) - lawful visitors can claim for death, personal injury and property damage
1 the duty to lawful visitors
s.2(2) - keep lawful visitors reasonably safe for the purpose for which he is invited to enter
(lord scrutton) - going beyond the purposes makes a visitor a trespasser
s.2(3)(a) - children are owed a higher standard of care
s.2(3)(b) - lower standard of care offered to tradesman, if tradesmen fail to guard themselves against inherent risks of their trade
2 preventing a breach of the common duty
s.2(4)(a) - occupier will not be liable if they have given a visitor sufficientwarning of a danger, must be enough to keep them safe
(rae v mars ltd) - general warning sign not enough
(cotton v derbyshire dales) - no need to warn against obvious risks
preventing a breach of the common duty (2)
s.2(4)(b) - for an independent contractor to be blamed due to faulty work, occupier must show:
it was reasonable to hire a contractor - (haseline v daw)
reasonable entrustment that the contractor is competent - (Bottomley v Todmorden cricket club)
reasonable checks to inspect the work, if it's simple enough to check - (woodward v mayor of Hastings)
preventing a breach of the common duty (3)
s.5 - no duty owed if visitor willingly accepts a risk as his own
s.2(1) - occupier can exclude duty in relation to property loss or damage but s.65 ConsumerRightsAct2015 - an occupier cannot restrict liability for death or injury caused by negligence
