The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1940] AC 242
[HOUSE OF LORDS.]
SMITH APPELLANT; AND CAMMELL, LAIRD AND COMPANY, LIMITED RESPONDENTS.
1939 Oct. 13,
16,
17,
18;
Dec. 4.
Dec. 4.
VISCOUNT MAUGHAM, LORD ATKIN, LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN, LORD WRIGHT and LORD PORTER.
Factory
— Shipbuilder's yard, including dock
— Newly-built ship undergoing completion in dock
— Staging in forehold erected by shipbuilder in course of his work
— Insulation company employed by shipowner afterwards allowed by shipbuilder to use staging for their work
— Defect in staging
— Accident to workman employed by insulation company
— Staging constituting a factory
— Occupier of factory, whether shipbuilder or insulation company
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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), ss. 79, 82, 104, sub-s. 1 (iii.); 149, sub-ss. 1, 2; 151, Sixth Schedule, Part II. (25.)
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Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931, Part II., 11 (b).