The Occupier

Question 1

Occupier

Answer 1

Person with sufficient control
Wheat v Lacon (more than one occupier possible)
Even empty houses could have an occupier!:
Harris v Birkenhead Corporation

Question 2

Not all owners are occupiers

Answer 2

Harris v Birkenhead Corporation [1976] 1 All ER 341 – Held – serving a notice on tenants requiring them to leave demonstrated ‘sufficient control’.