{"id":13061,"date":"2013-07-08T13:33:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T12:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2013-07-08T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T12:33:45","slug":"occupiers-liability-supermarket-slips-and-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2013\/07\/08\/occupiers-liability-supermarket-slips-and-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupiers Liability Supermarket Slips and Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"supermarketPersonal injury claims against supermarkets are common, with customers commonly slipping or tripping in the supermarket aisles<\/a>. Any owner of a supermarket owes a duty of care to visitors of their store under the Occupiers Liability Act 1957<\/a><\/strong>. When that duty is breached, a personal injury is sustained due to the supermarkets negligence.<\/p>\n

Under the 1957 Act, ‘An occupier of premises owes the same duty, “the common duty of care”, to all his visitors, except in so far as he is free to and does extend, restrict, modify or exclude his duty to any visitor or visitors by agreement or otherwise<\/em><\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

Visitors are to include customers, store staff, suppliers and delivery drivers.\u00a0 An occupier is to be seen as the individual in general control over the premises or in this instance supermarket in question.
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The common duty of care is to ensure, as far as is reasonable, the safety of visitors in using the premises as intended. A supermarket would therefore need to ensure that store is kept in a reasonable state, with all spillages and breakages being cleaned up as quickly as possible, as to not act as a risk.<\/p>\n

Common causes of slips or trips<\/strong>:<\/p>\n