AFM231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: False Imprisonment, Implied Consent, Shoplifting
13 Sep 2015
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Occupier: someone who has some degree of control over land. Liability occupiers have to anyone who enters onto their land or property. Liability determined by classifying visitor as trespasser, licensee, invitee, or contractual entrant. Each class is owed a different standard of care from lowest being the trespasser and the contractual entrant being the highest. Contractual entrant: someone who has contracted and paid for the right to enter the premises. Visitors who bought tickets to go to a museum. Duty owed is a warranty that the premises are as safe as reasonable care and skill on the part of anyone can make them. Invitee: someone whose presence on the property is of benefit to the occupier. Duty owed slightly lower where they must warn the invitee of any unusual danger, of which he knows or ought to know : don"t need to warn of usual or common danger that an ordinary person would know.
