Posted By peter gotch Hi Chris For information on recent cases see http://www.river-swimming.co.uk/occu.htm Personally I was not entirely convinced by the decision in the Darby case, as reports indicated that the National Trust were well aware that swimming in the pond was custom and practice, hence should at the very least have perhaps provided life saving equipment. See also RoSPA guide to "Safety at Inland Water Sites" [or similar title] which advocates a risk assessment approach, eg so that heavily populated sites and where likely to be at higher risk people [ie kids etc]would demand a higher level of protection than eg a slow flowing river in the middle of the countryside. Regards, Peter