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Volume 8, Issue 10
1 October 1990
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Research Article| October 01 1990

Defects in buildings: who pays? Available to Purchase

Roger Parker
Roger Parker
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7131
Print ISSN: 0263-2772
© MCB UP Limited
1990
Facilities (1990) 8 (10): 20–21.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002131

Outlines a number of recent Court decisions which emphasise the restrictive view courts are taking of parties′ rights and liabilities in the area of negligence and their implications for the relative responsibility of occupiers and owners for building maintenance.

Keywords:
Building maintenance, Defective premises, Liability, Negligence
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