Occupant (TPA)
Miaskowski v. Persaud, 2015 ONSC 1654 (CanLII)[1]
[111] In Wheat v. E. Lacon & Co. Ltd. [1966], 1 All E.R. 582 (H.L.) at p. 593, Lord Denning described the word “occupier" as “a convenient word to denote a person who had a sufficient degree of control over premises to put him under a duty of care towards those who come lawfully onto the premises.” The Act defines occupier to include: (a) a person who is in physical possession of premises, or (b) a person who has responsibility for and control over the condition of premises or the activities there carried on, or control over persons allowed to enter premises.
[112] The Act in s. 1 provides that there may be more than one occupier of the same premises.
[113] Typically, a tenant will qualify as an occupier of his or her leased premises. And there is case law that establishes that where a tenant controls or has responsibility over adjoining property (i.e., property not leased to the tenant), the tenant may also be an occupier of that property. See: Slumski v. Mutual Life, [1994] O.J. No. 301 (Div. Ct.); Pammett v. McBride Corp., 2013 ONSC 2382.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Miaskowski v. Persaud, 2015 ONSC 1654 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/ggndd>, retrieved on 2020-09-16
- ↑ Musselman et al v. 875667 Ontario Inc. et al, 2010 ONSC 3177 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/29zw7>, retrieved on 2020-09-16
- ↑ Musselman v. 875667 Ontario Inc. (Cities Bistro), 2012 ONCA 41 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/fq3m6>, retrieved on 2020-09-16
