An occupier of premises with a floor surface that is highly slippery when wet must take active precautions to prevent water being brought onto the floor, including providing umbrella storage/bagging facilities and wet coat storage near entry points, with appropriate signage. A single unmarked bin in a remote location is inadequate. Factual causation under s 5D(1)(a) may be established on the balance of probabilities even where the precise source of water cannot be identified, by analogy with [name withheld] v Woolworths. The Court of Appeal was divided on whether the risk of slipping on a wet parquetry floor remains an 'obvious risk' under s 5F when the plaintiff observed water on the floor more than two hours before the fall.
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