A minor depression of 1.5 centimetres depth and 20 centimetres width with no sharp edges in a car park surface does not constitute a breach of an occupier's duty of care during daytime conditions. Where inadequate lighting at night is attributable to exceptional circumstances (such as holiday closure of shops that normally provide ambient light), and there is no evidence of inadequacy on normal nights, the occupier is not in breach for failing to provide additional lighting.
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