cases are of special interest: one extended the duty to the lift of a block of flats; the other, a House of Lords’ decision, concerned the relationship between employer and subcontractor and is not easily reconciled with the cases which, on similar facts have, more recently, been heard on s 3. Non-domestic premises : In the following case the court had to decide whether ‘the common parts’, for example, the entrance hall, of a block of flats should be deemed ‘domestic premises’ and, therefore, beyond the jurisdiction of the 1974 Act. [1985] 1 ALL ER 897

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cases are of special interest: one extended the duty to the lift of a block of flats; the other, a House of Lords’ decision, concerned the relationship between employer and subcontractor and is not easily reconciled with the cases which, on similar facts have, more recently, been heard on s 3. Non-domestic premises

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ABSTRACT

The appellants manage a block of flats at 6 Hall Road, London NW8. They are in control of the common parts of the block in connection with the carrying on by them of the business or undertaking of managing the block. The common parts include two lifts, staircases, landings and a ground floor hall or foyer.