Byers v Head Wrightson & Co Ltd

Subject Matter

BUILDING — Safety regulations — Application — “Building” — Installation of parts of sealed reactor building of nuclear reactor in course of construction — Whether “construction … of a building” — Removal of welder across improvised bridge over trench — “Scaffold” — Workman in charge injured by welder — Whether employer liable — Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948, regs 2 (1), 3 (2), 5, 7 (1), 12 (1), 26 (3), 93

[1961] 1 WLR 961

STATUTORY DUTY — Breach; contributory negligence — Breach due to fault of person injured — Scaffold — Workman injured as a result of own act — Task beyond competence of workman — Whether employer liable — Whether contributory negligence

[1961] 1 WLR 961