ABSTRACT

Occupiers’ liability is a specialised branch of the tort of negligence and is tested in most examinations year after year. The area is governed by statute, namely, the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 and the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984. Thus, in addition to the common law concepts of duty, breach, causation and remoteness, attention must be paid to the statutes and the exact words used therein.