Trustees of the Portsmouth Youth Activities Committee V Poppleton
Trustees of the Portsmouth Youth Activities Committee V Poppleton Case Law Summary: The activity centre was not to blame for a person injured falling from a climbing wall. There is no duty to train or assess competence of users. In February 2002, Gary Poppleton, a fit young man, went bouldering, (low-level climbing without ropes) in
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
Weir-Rodgers V S F Trust
Weir-Rodgers V S F Trust Case Law Summary: The landowner was not required to erect fencing or put warning signs on a cliff edge where a visitor fell and was injured. You do not need to protect against obvious and natural features of the landscape. This case was an appeal to the Supreme Court against
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
Darby V National Trust – Hardwick Hall
Darby V National Trust – Hardwick Hall Case Law Summary: The National Trust was not to blame for a swimmer drowning in a pond on the estate. Hardwick Hall is a National Trust property in Derbyshire. It includes a large country park, which is a popular attraction for the large urban population nearby. Within the park
Categories
- Children
- Choice of risk control
- Duty to warn visitors
- Falls From Height
- Inspections; Zoning
- Irish Law
- No duty to warn of obvious risks
- Occupiers Liability
- Remoteness of the site
- Responsibilities of visitors for themselves
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Control Spectrum
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- social value of activity giving rise to the risk
- State of Premises
- Swimming
- Tree Safety
- Willing acceptance of risk