Litigation Letter
Occupier’s liability
Keown v Coventry Health Care NHS Trust [2006] All ER (D) 27 (Feb); NLJ 24 February
The claimant was aged 11 when he suffered brain damage and a broken arm by falling from an external fire escape on a building
in the grounds of the defendant’s hospital on which he was playing. He claimed damages for breach of statutory duty under
the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1984.