This can be contrasted with the case of [case]in which a pupil at the defendant's school fell and injured himself on an icy step. The step had been left in a dangerous condition by a cleaner. There was no technical knowledge in issue here and, therefore, the defendant was able to and should have checked and supervised the contractor in question. du Parcq LJ stated:
The craft of the charwoman may have its mysteries, but there is no esoteric quality in the nature of the work which the cleaning of a snow covered step demands.
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Woodward v Mayor of Hastings [1945] KB 174
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This can be contrasted with the case of [case]in which a pupil at the defendant's school fell and injured himself on an icy step. The step had been left in a dangerous condition by a cleaner. There was no technical knowledge in issue here and, therefore, the defendant was able to and should have checked and supervised the contractor in question. du Parcq LJ stated:
The craft of the charwoman may have its mysteries, but there is no esoteric quality in the nature of the work which the cleaning of a snow covered step demands.
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#occupiers-liability #tort
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This can be contrasted with the case of [case]in which a pupil at the defendant's school fell and injured himself on an icy step. The step had been left in a dangerous condition by a cleaner. There was no technical knowledge in issue here and, therefore, the defendant was able to and should have checked and supervised the contractor in question. du Parcq LJ stated:
The craft of the charwoman may have its mysteries, but there is no esoteric quality in the nature of the work which the cleaning of a snow covered step demands.
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Woodward v Mayor of Hastings [1945] KB 174
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