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Whilst I agree about the Owners Corporation (O/C) being responsible for the personal well being of persons on its Common Property, that responsibility is not absolute.
Clearly an O/C’s responsibility and liability doesn’t apply if persons on its Common Property have injured themselves by behaving recklessly or contrary to an O/C’s instructions, or if those persons could reasonably be expected to be aware of (and therefore avoid) the situation that caused their injury, or if an O/C could prove that it had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the circumstance that gave rise to that injury.
It’s all about an O/C’s duty of care to itself and persons on its Common Property to identify risks on that property, and then on a prioritised basis to determine what if any actions are necessary to limit or remove the consequent likelihood of injury to persons, and in what timeframes those actions should occur; in other words a risk analysis.