Occupier: State of play

Morgan Cole | Personal Injury Law Journal | December 2011/January 2012 #101
Following a wealth of decisions in 2011, Simon Cradick reviews an occupier’s liability ‘Anyone who has possession, or a sufficient degree of control, of premises, or an area within premises, may be an occupier.’ In 2011, we saw an unusual number of reported occupier’s liability claims, analysis of which provides a useful illustration of the …

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Knife Crime: Nightclub violence and beyond?

12 King’s Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC) | Personal Injury Law Journal | March 2011 #93
Tim Petts looks at how far Everett v Comojo (UK) Ltd [2011] can take us ‘The case establishes a general duty on nightclubs to protect guests from reasonably foreseeable harm caused by other guests.’ The basic facts of this personal injury claim are sadly not uncommon, and those with experience in criminal practice (or who …

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