Morgan v Tydvil Engineering and Ship Repairing Co: HL 6 Mar 1908

A foreman engineer was sent by his employers on board of a ship lying in a wet dock to take notes of repairs that they were to execute. While on board he accidentally fell and was injured.
Held that the employers were not in actual occupation of the dock and were not ‘undertakers,’ and that therefore the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1897 did not apply.

Judges:

Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lords Ashbourne, Macnaghten, James of Hereford, Robertson, and Atkinson

Citations:

[1908] UKHL 680, 46 SLR 680

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Personal Injury

Updated: 26 April 2022; Ref: scu.621501