“…In Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd [1966] AC 552 Lord Denning identified the duty of the occupier of land as a duty to take reasonable care to see that the premises were reasonably safe for people coming lawf…”
“…t 1957) more than one person may simultaneously be an occupier of the same property, depending on their respective degrees of control: Wheat v E Lacon & Co Ltd [1966] AC 552. In other contexts (e.g. rating) only one person can be the rateable occupier of a hereditament: Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland v Fermanagh Pro…”