Unsafe leased residential premises: a landlord's liability in negligence to injured occupants Erbacher, Sharon 2002, Unsafe leased residential premises: a landlord's liability in negligence to injured occupants, Insurance law journal, vol. 13, pp. 134-144. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Unsafe leased residential premises: a landlord's liability in negligence to injured occupants Author(s) Erbacher, Sharon orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-0171 Journal name Insurance law journal Volume number 13 Start page 134 End page 144 Publisher Butterworths Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W. Publication date 2002 ISSN 1030-2379 Summary This article examines the law relating to the liability of landlords in negligence for unsafe residential premises, focusing in particular on the recent High Court decisions in Northern Sandblasting Pty Ltd v Harris and Jones v Bartlett. The author concludes that the High Court in Jones v Bartlett has placed sensible limitations on landlords' liability, by limiting liability to defects in the premises that were known or ought to have been revealed on a reasonable inspection by the landlord. The author points out that there are compelling policy considerations supporting the court's conclusion in that case that the landlord should not be required to arrange for the premises to be inspected by expert tradespeople. Language eng Field of Research 180126 Tort Law HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001633 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law Law Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 05 Jan 2009, 13:06:49 EST Tue, 02 Jun 2009, 15:29:41 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:36:43 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1372 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:02:24 EST