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Main recommendations

The most desirable outcome - the introduction of a single, flexible standard - had already been achieved by the High Court decision in the Safeway Stores case. Consequently, it was unnecessary for legislation to change the current position.

The rule in Cavalier v Pope should be abolished. As a consequence, a landlord's liability would be determined by the general common law principles of negligence.

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