What are the legal principles governing an occupier’s liability?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Newsham v. Canwest Trade Shows Inc., 2012 BCSC 289 (CanLII):

The general legal principles governing an occupier’s liability were neatly summarized by Preston J. in Mainardi v. Shannon, 2005 BCSC 644, at para. 21:

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