Scott v Associated British Ports 2000. occupiers liability. What was the goal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to buy 5 dollars million worth of cranberries? (modern), Police hunting train surfer calling himself 'the Silver Shadow', Mansurvives 750-volt shock after falling on to live rail, Blame in Spain as driver clocks off with passengers still on train. (2003) a disused quarry owned by the council was now a lake. Scott v Associated British Ports (year?) What are the Special Characteristics of the Respondent and a case example? s1(5) states that an occupier can fulfil their duty towards non-visitors by taking such steps as are reasonable in all the circumstances of the case to give warning of the danger concerned or to discourage persons from incurring the risk, Under 1984 Act all the occupier has to do is take reasonable steps to warn the claimant of the danger or discourage them from taking said risk, 1984 Act only provides one defence: Volenti. Others Named Scott Sier. A deputy judge at the High Court in London dismissed actions brought by Andrew Scott, who lost a leg in 1988 when he was 15, and Michael Swainger, who lost a leg and an arm in 1992, when he was 13, on the Hull Docks Railway. To prevent the price of cranberries from falling too low, B. Up-to-the minute views With computer vision, ABP could get alerts on available storage space, idle inventory and other conditions across the port. It is significant that they stand alone in the nature of their action despite the existence of the railway and the running of trains upon it, in the vicinity of at least three schools for a good many years. On 18 March 1999 Miss Ann Rafferty QC (as she then was) sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court, dismissed their claims. She held that, on the facts, neither respondent owed any duty to either appellant, that the appellants were fully aware of the risks they took of being injured, so as to preclude them from obtaining any damages on the basis that they had willingly accepted those risks, and that, in any event, fencing would not have prevented either appellant from getting on to the line. Scott v Associated British Ports and Railways Board: 1999 Citations: B3/1999/1194 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Applied - Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council and Cheshire County Council CA 18-Jun-2001 The appellant sought leave to appeal against an order dismissing his claim for damages.