Facts: X Purchased a disused cinema with the intention of turning into a Multiplex. Six weeks after, X entered the building for the first time, it was set on fire by intruders and destroyed. As a result, the adjacent building were also affected and damaged The cinema building was a target to vandals and childrens who often played there, but X had no knowledge of previous attempts to start fire at the cinema buildings. The owners of the adjacent building brought an action for negligence against X on grounds that X failed to take reasonable care for the safety of the buildings by not keeping the cinema locked, making regular inspections and employing a caretaker. Decide whether the occupier of a property owe a duty of care to the adjoining occupier in respect of acts of trespass on his property resulting in damage to the adjoining properties? (AILET 2019)

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Facts: X Purchased a disused cinema with the intention of turning into a Multiplex. Six weeks after, X entered the building for the first time, it was set on fire by intruders and destroyed. As a result, the adjacent building were also affected and damaged The cinema building was a target to vandals and childrens who often played there, but X had no knowledge of previous attempts to start fire at the cinema buildings. The owners of the adjacent building brought an action for negligence against X on grounds that X failed to take reasonable care for the safety of the buildings by not keeping the cinema locked, making regular inspections and employing a caretaker. Decide whether the occupier of a property owe a duty of care to the adjoining occupier in respect of acts of trespass on his property resulting in damage to the adjoining properties? (AILET 2019)






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