ABSTRACT
Land can also attract liability for those who own or occupy it. Under statute an occupier of land owes a duty of care to all visitors186 and the landlord (owner) owes, in certain circumstances, a duty to all persons who might suffer physical injury as a result of the defective state of any of his buildings.187 This liability of an occupier can extend to other things, besides buildings, and so for example a local authority has been held liable for a dilapidated boat which caused serious injury to a child.188 Even the trespasser gets some protection against personal injury arising from negligence.189 At common law, any direct interference with another’s property (or personal) rights attracts the tort of trespass,190 while an indirect interference will give rise to a claim in private nuisance if it results from the unreasonable use of land.191
