HOLBECK HALL HOTEL LIMITED AND ANOR v SCARBOROUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL
[2000] BLR 109
COURT OF APPEAL
Before Lord Justice Stuart-Smith, Lord Justice Schiemann and Lord Justice Tuckey
Cliff collapse - Council owner and occupier of land between hotel and sea - Nuisance - Scope of duty of care - Type of “defect” - Distinction between latent and patent defect - Type but not extent of damage caused foreseeable - Whether duty on owner to investigate.