Occupier's Liability after See Toh: Change, Uncertainty and Complexity

• Main Author: LOW, Kee Yang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Liability; trespassing; Court of appeals; Singapore; Asian Studies; Commercial Law; Courts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1411
• Institution: Singapore Management University

With the recent Court of Appeal decision in See Toh (C.A.), the Singapore law on occupiers' liability has undergone a sea change. There are two obvious changes. The first is that there is no longer a distinction between invitees and licensees; the law accords them the same protection. The secon...