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Indermaur v Dames

(1866) LR 1 CP 274; affirmed (1867) LR 2 CP 311
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Common Pleas (England); affirmed Exchequer Chamber
Year1866
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

An occupier owes an invitee a duty to use reasonable care to prevent damage from unusual dangers on the premises of which the occupier knows or ought to know, where the invitee is using reasonable care for his own safety.

Area of Law

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Cox v Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10; [2016] AC 660; [2016] 2 WLR 806
Taylor v A Novo (UK) Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 194; [2014] QB 150; [2013] 3 WLR 989
Chandler v Cape plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525; [2012] 1 WLR 3111

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