1984

• occupiers owe trespassers a common duty of humanity where they know of trespassers or have reasonable grounds to believe there may be trespassers, they know of danger or have reasonable ground to belief there is a danger
• scott v assoc british ports: as D knows there may have been trespassers he owes a duty of humanity
• brb v herrington: D must not purposely injure trespassers
• defences:

  • contributory negligence (revill v newberry)
  • volenti/consent (titchener v brb)
  • warnings - must take reasonable steps to prevent