Occupiers’ Liability

How the court determined that occupiers owe a duty of care to other occupiers of the same property In the 2020 case of Nolet v. Fischer,[1] the Ontario Court of Appeal grappled with the issue of whether an occupier of premises owes a duty of reasonable care to another occupier of the same premises. The basic facts of the instant case were that the parties had entered into a relationship in 2008; the appellant moved into the respondent’s home in 2010; and they separated and he moved out in 2012. On the day in question, the appellant was in the…