obligation of care to people in your home, without a warrant.

Carawaystick

The TV license threads brought to mind the cases of a person who had no tv and had children.
if a tv license inspector, inspected the home of an adult, with legal backing, but no warrant, what steps would a child of the homeowner have to take to allow a tv license inspector inspect anything in the house?

If the children were playing hurling in the sittingroom of the homeowner, and it was likely the inspector would get, either flaked with a hurl or leathered with a sliotar; has the householder any obligation to prevent his children hurting the inspector?

Does a person with a legal right to inspect a home, have to satisfy the occupants of the home in all ways before inspecting, or do residents have to modify their behaviour?

Peregrinus

The inspector is lawfully on the premises, and you have the same duty of care to him as you do to anyone else lawfully on the premises.

nuac

Playing hurling in the sitting room?

Think of the children, think of the TV

johnnyskeleton

nuac wrote: »

Playing hurling in the sitting room?

Think of the children, think of the TV

You need sky for that now

Ken.

I often wondered about something like this. Totally hypothetical, The police get a tip off that your the new Walter White(Breaking Bad-meth dealer). They raid your house with a warrant. As they are steaming into the house one of them slips on a toy car on the floor and breaks his/her ankle. It transpires you have nothing illegal in the house. Can the police person claim from your house insurance
? or would they be claiming from their work?

Victor

Also, you can't set traps.

Wheelnut

Victor wrote: »

Also, you can't set traps.

What are you doing Victor? Text in the thread is different from text in the quote! Besides, are you in the right thread?



EDIT: It's changed now!

Peregrinus

ken wrote: »

I often wondered about something like this. Totally hypothetical, The police get a tip off that your the new Walter White(Breaking Bad-meth dealer). They raid your house with a warrant. As they are steaming into the house one of them slips on a toy car on the floor and breaks his/her ankle. It transpires you have nothing illegal in the house. Can the police person claim from your house insurance
? or would they be claiming from their work?

I don't see that their position would be any different from the position of anyone else lawfully on the premises.

Wheelnut

I think that if the police are acting in the course of their duty they will be covered by the equivalent of employer's liability insurance. They may not have an insurance policy but they are big enough to "insure" themselves. Is there not a similar situation in relation to self-insuring their vehicles?