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HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
(DHM 2623)
Premises, Innkeepers
‘Right & Duties
BY PAVITHRA KRSHNA
LEARNING OUTCOME
● UNDERSTAND DUTY OF CARE
● UNDERSTAND DUTY TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN NON DISCRIMINATORY
MANNER
● INFER RIGHTS OF AN INNKEEPER
TABLE OF ● DUTY OF CARE
- If a reasonable manager wouldn’t have done what Raja did, he would have
been aware of the risk and take precaution against it, but if Raja failed to
do so, Raja would have been considered as breaching his duty of care.
Case: Phillips v Whiteley Ltd (1938) 1 All ER 566
F : Df was a jeweller. Pf went to him to have her ears pierced. The Df
followed the standard procedure required by a skilled jeweller. However, the
Pf later contracted a disease after the procedure.
Decision: Rymer had reasonable grounds for his refusal to serve- the dogs had caused
annoyance and discomfort to staff of the bar in the past.
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3. Duty to provide services in a non-discriminatory manner