Occupier: State of play

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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Review: A year in the life

Mark Fowles looks back at the year’s important personal injury cases ‘English law has always been nervous about dealing with issues of causation The modern test is a test of policy. The first test is predominantly factual. The second gathers up much of the traditional language that lawyers use in attempting to set a limit …
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