4. Occupiers’ Liability
Occupiers, visitors, non-visitors, children, skilled visitors, warnings and independent contractors.
How to study the CPQ Foundation stage
Prepare each separately assessed component on its own terms, then connect law, regulation, client service and research across the full stage.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Control helps identify the occupier and more than one occupier may exist.
Exam cue: Classify entrant status at the time of injury.
Concept 2
The 1957 and 1984 statutory regimes protect different entrants on different conditions.
Exam cue: Identify the danger and what the occupier knew or ought to know.
Concept 3
Warnings, children, skilled visitors and contractor work modify the duty analysis.
Exam cue: Test whether a warning or contractor check made the visitor reasonably safe.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Equating ownership with occupation.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Applying the visitor duty to every trespasser.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Assuming a warning always discharges the duty.
Guardrail: Do not mix module boundaries, confuse marks with item counts, exceed professional authority or rely on an outdated or unverified legal source.
Memory anchors
Occupier
The person with sufficient control of the premises.
Entrant first
Visitor or non-visitor determines the statutory route.
Warning test
Did the warning make the entrant reasonably safe in the circumstances?
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A tenant controls daily access and repairs while the landlord retains limited rights. Who may be an occupier?
A lawful customer slips on a concealed spill in a shop. Which statute primarily frames the duty?
Answer all questions to submit.
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