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Web links: Chapter 11
On English Heritage v Taylor [2016]
Nicola Harley, ‘Historic sites could be littered with 'irritating' warning signs after pensioner fell in moat’ The Telegraph ,12 May 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/12/historic-sites-could-be-littered-with-irritating-warning-signs-a/
On Edwards v London Borough of Sutton [2016]
Occupiers; Liability and highways claims converge: http://www.piblawg.co.uk/post/2016/11/17/occupiers-liability-and-highways-claims-converge
For an interesting discussion of an unusual example of a case in which absence of warning signs was held to be causative of a slipping accident see http://documents.lexology.com/fdfe7b16-ca1d-4942-8bd0-80ca28fe0043.pdf
On Cahill v Pollock [2015] EWHC 2260
BBC News, ‘Blind adventurer Mark Pollock suing friends over window fall’, 24 July 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33652474
‘Couple sued by Mark Pollock fail to overturn £2m award’, The Irish Times 10 May 2016
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/couple-sued-by-mark-pollock-fail-to-overturn-2m-award-1.2642465
On the implications of Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council
Hardy bathers win right to swim unsupervised, Clare Dyer, The Guardian, 27 April 2005
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/apr/27/claredyer
Playing the blame game, Simon Jenkins, The Times, 8 October 2004
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article491731.ece
[Now behind a pay wall - check to see if your institution has a subscription – otherwise you should be able to find the article using a database like LexisNexis]
On Revill v Newberry
Trespasser can claim damages for injuries – Independent Law Report, 10 November 1995
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/trespasser-can-claim-damages-for-injuries-1581241.html
Matthew Flynn ‘Do Burglars have Human Rights?’ UK Human Rights blog, 4 April 2011
A blog post exploring the long tradition of legal protection offered by the English common law to burglars, including a discussion of Revill v Newberry:
http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2011/04/04/do-burglars-have-human-rights/
The law explored: self defence, Garry Slapper, The Times, 3 October 2007
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/columnists/gary_slapper/article2581201.ece
[Now behind a pay wall - check to see if your institution has a subscription – otherwise you should be able to find the article using a database like LexisNexis]
On Occupiers’ Liability generally
Discussion of the relationship between a landlord’s duty under s4 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA 1972) and s 2 of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957 (OLA 1957) raised by Drysdale v Hedges [2012], 10 August 2012
http://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/nlj/content/occupier%E2%80%99s-liability%E2%80%94common-duty-care%E2%80%94personal-injuries
Q&A discussion of Occupier’s Liability lead by Guildhall Chambers Personal Injuries Team
http://www.guildhallchambers.co.uk/uploads/docs/section9/OccupiersLiabilityQuestions&Answers.pdf
Rambler’s case may spur change in liability law, John Burns, The Times, 23 May 2004 – why don’t you see if you can find out what happened next?
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article430370.ece
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Home Front: Be a thorn in the side of burglars, Ben Rooney, The Times, 17 November 2002 – a light-hearted look at how to protect your home from burglars within the limitations of the OLA 1984
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article828915.ece
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Cases and statutes
Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2003]
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2003/47.html
Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/31/contents
Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/3/contents