What is the likely tort liability of Reed in the following circumstances? (a) Marie is hit by a can of paint dropped from the top of a ladder into the street by Cherry, who was up the ladder painting...

What is the likely tort liability of Reed in the following circumstances?

(a) Marie is hit by a can of paint dropped from the top of a ladder into the street by Cherry, who was up the ladder painting Reed’s shop front. (b) Seema slipped on a spillage while climbing the stairs in the shop. A notice at the bottom of the stairs said ‘Take care: wet floor, please use other stairs’. (c) Lennie, aged seven, went through a door in the shop marked ‘Private’ and cut himself on some broken glass in a storeroom. (d) Mario, Reed’s next-door neighbour, has discovered wet rot in his premises caused by condensation from an unlined boiler flue on Reed’s premises