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Health and Safety - From: 1900 To: 1929

This page lists 3 cases, and was prepared on 27 May 2018.


 
 Butler v Fife Coal Co Ltd; HL 1912 - [1912] AC 149
 
Trim Joint District School Board of Management v Kelly [1914] AC 667
1914
HL
Earl Loreburn, Viscount Haldane L-C
Health and Safety
Viscount Haldane LC said: "the construction of the Act ought to be more liberal as regards the claims of the workman than would be the case if the Act were construed with the closeness which distinguishes the construction of words in a contract such as that of insurance."
Workers Compensation Act 1897
1 Citers


 
Plumb v Cobden Flour Mills Co Ltd [1914] AC 62
1914
HL
Lord Dunedin
Vicarious Liability, Health and Safety
In looking at restrictions by an employer to limit his vicarious liability, the court must distinguish between prohibitions which limit the sphere of employment and those which only deal with conduct within the sphere of employment:" "there are prohibitions which limit the sphere of employment, and prohibitions which only deal with conduct within the sphere of employment".
Workmen's Compensation Act 1906
1 Citers


 
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