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Roles v. Nathan — (t/a Manchester Assembly Rooms) [1963] 1 W.L.R. 1117, [1963] 2 All E.R. 908 is an occupiers liability case in English tort law. It concerns s.2(3)(b) of the Occupiers Liability Act 1957, which states, An occupier may expect that a person, in the… … Wikipedia
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