Webber v Wansbrough Paper Co, Ltd: HL 29 Jun 1914

When a sailor leaving a ship on which he had been employed during the day had crossed on a plank connecting the ship with a permanent iron ladder fixed on the quay and had slipped and hurt himself whilst climbing the ladder, held that the sailor had not yet left the ship, and the accident therefore arose ‘out of and in the course of his employment.’ Judgment of the Court of Appeal reversed.

Judges:

Lord Chancellor (Viscount Haldane), Lords Shaw and Moulton

Citations:

[1914] UKHL 859, 52 SLR 859

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Personal Injury

Updated: 26 April 2022; Ref: scu.620721