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The legal principle of allurement and how it affects an occupier's duty of care towards children. Cases where children were injured due to allurements on the property and the resulting liability of the occupier. It also clarifies the distinction between a child trespasser and a licensee or invitee in relation to allurement.
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“T h e tru th is th a t in eases o f trespass th ere can be no d iffe re n c e in th e case o f c h ild re n and ad u lts, because th e re is no d u ty to take care th a t can v a ry accord in g to w h o is th e trespasser.”
“ It is som etim es suggested th at a la n d o w n er is u n d e r an o b lig a tio n to take special p re cau tio n s w ith respect to c h ild re n , b u t so lon g as the c h ild re n re m ain trespassers the law seems to be settled th a t in p rin c ip le th ere is no d iffre n c e betw een a ch ild and an a d u lt.”
“ Persons m ay n ot th in k it w o rth th e ir w h ile to take o rd in a ry care o f th e ir ow n p ro p erty , an d m ay not be co m p ella b le to do so; b u t... if th ey a llo w th e ir p ro p e rty to be open to a ll com ers, in fan ts as w e ll as ch ild re n o f m a tu re r age, and place u p o n it a m ach in e a ttra c tiv e to c h ild re n an d d an gerou s as a p la y th in g , th ey m ay be resp on sib le in dam ages to those w h o re so rt to it w ith th e ir tacit perm ission, a n d w h o are u n a b le , in consequence o f th e ir ten d e r age, to take care o f them selves.”
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“ It does not cover all objects w ith w hich c h ild re n m ay h u rt them selves, and it is a qu estion o f fact w h eth er Ilie fascinatin g an d fa ta l o b ject is to be regarded as an a llu re m e n t.”
“ ‘A llu re m e n ts ’, ‘a tte n tio n s’, ‘im p lied in v ita tio n s’, ‘im p lied licenses’, etc., h ave been re lied u p o n in som e cases to fasten lia b ility u p o n a la n d o w n er in respect o f an in fa n t com ing u p on the lan d : an d th e cases shew th a t, if th e la n d o w n e r place o r leave u p o n his lan d a n y th in g th a t
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