Law changes to reduce landowners' duty of care to tresspassers
The Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 recently incorporated superior court decisions such as Wall v National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2017, and Mulcahy v Cork County Council in 2020.
New legislation has made certain obligations placed on occupiers of property less onerous.
It will be welcomed by landowners worried about trespassers, especially after farm organisations recently warned of gangs trespassing on their lands, stealing equipment and intimidating and assaulting farmers.
