I went to a meeting last week where an issue arose about a business that we work with that has access via a right of way over a private road. They had raised a safety issue with the roads owners and suggested an improvement that would improve public safety and of course safety for the users of the business and the landowners (charity). It was suggested that they split the costs of the improvement.
For various reasons it was turned down but the landowners then said that it didn't matter to them if there was an accident as the liability would lie with the business for inviting people through the access in the first place. I thought liability would at least be joint or if not with the landowner.
So just out of interest can anybody tell me where would liability lie with regards to the condition of the road being unsafe?