Pearce LJ said that if an employer sends an employee to work, ‘for instance in a respectable private house’, he could not be held negligent for not visiting the house himself ‘to see if the carpet in the hall created a trap’.
Jenkins, Pearce, Parker LJJ
[1958] EWCA Civ 2, [1958] 2 WLR 900, [1958] 2 QB 110, [1958] 2 All ER 265
Bailii
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Biddle v Hart 1907
A stevedore’s workman, whilst unloading a ship, was injured owing to a defect in the tackle, and he was suing his master. The learned Judge withdrew the case from the jury, on the ground that the stevedore was not responsible for a defect in the . .
Cited by:
Cited – Woodland v The Swimming Teachers’ Association and Others QBD 17-Oct-2011
The court was asked as to the vicarious or other liability of a school where a pupil suffered injury at a swimming lesson with a non-employee during school time, and in particular whether it had a non-delegable duty to ensure the welfare of children . .
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Health and Safety, Negligence
Updated: 16 November 2021; Ref: scu.262824