In my opinion the defendant is liable as well in negligence. An occupier’s duty of care to his neighbour was framed in the following terms in the headnote of the case of Goldman v. Hargrove et al. [1966] 2 All E.R. 989: There is a general duty of care on an occupier of land, on which a hazard to his neighbour arises, to remove or reduce the hazard, whether it arises by the Act of God, or from natural causes or by human agency; and the standard of the duty of care is to require the occupier to do what is reasonable having regard to his individual circumstances. While the statement of this principle is not binding upon me, it is of persuasive value.
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