Occupiers liability

Question 1

What is the main principle of occupiers liability ?

Answer 1

That anyone who occupies land has a responsibility for the safety of any visitors

Question 2

What is the hierarchy of rights in occupiers liability ?

Answer 2

Contractors (such as hotel guests)

Invitees (such as customers in a shop)

Licensees (such as friend invited into your home)

Statutory right (such as a police officer with a search warrant)

Uninvited (trespassers)

Question 3

What piece of legislation provided a statutory duty upon the occupier towards lawful visitors ?

Answer 3

The occupiers liability act 1957

Question 4

What was set out in the later 1984 occupiers liability act ?

Answer 4

The rights of trespassers (uninvited visitors)

Question 5

What can trespassers claim for ?

Answer 5

Personal Injury