Child visitors

Overview

Practical effect of that provision, facts of Glasgow Corporation v Taylor and facts of Phipps v Rochester Corporation.

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1. 1

   What does section 2(3)(a) of the 1957 Act provide about children?

   Model answer

   That an occupier must be prepared for children to be less careful than adults.

2. 2

   What is the practical effect of that provision?

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   The standard of care owed to a child visitor is higher, because a danger that would be obvious to an adult may not be to a child.

3. 3

   What is an allurement?

   Model answer

   Something on the premises attractive to a child which draws them into danger.

4. 4

   Which case established the principle of allurement?

   Model answer

   Glasgow Corporation v Taylor (1922).

5. 5

   What were the facts of Glasgow Corporation v Taylor?

   Model answer

   A child ate poisonous berries from a shrub in a public park; the berries were held to be an allurement to a child.

6. 6

   What did Phipps v Rochester Corporation (1955) decide?

   Model answer

   That an occupier may assume that very young children will be accompanied by a responsible adult, so the duty is judged with that in mind.

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