Category: Choice of risk control

Struthers-Wright V Nevis Range Development CO PLC – Aonach Mor

Struthers-Wright V Nevis Range Development CO PLC – Aonach Mor Case Law Summary: The ski-lift operator was not required to put warning signs on a summit plateau where a skier fell and was injured. You do not need to protect against obvious and natural features of the landscape. You can take into account the adverse

Tomlinson V Congleton Borough Council – Brereton Heath Country Park

Tomlinson V Congleton Borough Council – Brereton Heath Country Park Case Law Summary: A very significant case after a visitor to a country park was severely injured diving into a lake. The judgement clarifies the extent of an occupier’s liability as against the responsibility visitors themselves should take for their own safety. An attractive lake

Heaves V Westmeath County Council

Heaves V Westmeath County Council Case Law Summary: The Council was not to blame when a visitor fell in the grounds of Belvedere House. The asset value of a property can be taken into account when choosing what risk controls are appropriate. The plaintiff had visited the grounds of Belvedere House in Westmeath in Ireland


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