Quintas v National Smelting Co Ltd: CA 1961

Sellers LJ said: ‘It has often been held that there is a high responsibility on a defendant who fails to comply with his statutory duty, which is absolute and has penal sanctions. A workman is not to be judged so severely.’

Judges:

Sellers LJ

Citations:

[1961] 1 WLR 401

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedJackson v Murray and Another SC 18-Feb-2015
Child not entirely free of responsibility
The claimant child, left a school bus and stepped out from behind it into the path of the respondent’s car. She appealed against a finding of 70% contributory negligence.
Held: Her appeal succeeded (Majority, Lord Hodge and Lord Wilson . .
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Negligence

Updated: 18 July 2022; Ref: scu.559417