Index card Eaves v Morris Motors Ltd

Eaves v Morris Motors Ltd

Hearings

England & Wales

12 Oct 1960 [1961] 1 WLR 511; [1960] 3 All ER 656, Assizes

05 Jul 1961 [1961] 2 QB 385; [1962] 2 QB 385; [1961] 3 WLR 657; [1961] 3 All ER 233; 59 LGR 466, CA

Subject Matter

FACTORY — Dangerous machinery (fencing) — Dangerous combination of machinery and material — Bolts in block — Uncovenanted stroke by machine while bolts being removed — Workman injured by contact with bolt — Whether duty to fence against material in moving machine — Whether duty to fence against danger from unforeseeable movements of machine — Limitations of statutory protection — Factories Act, 1937, s 14 (1) (3)

[1961] 2 QB 385; [1961] 1 WLR 511; [1961] 3 WLR 657

Appellate History

Eaves v Morris Motors Ltd [1961] 1 WLR 511; [1960] 3 All ER 656, Assizes

Decision of Winn J reversed

Johnson v J Stone & Co (Charlton) Ltd [1961] 1 WLR 849; [1961] 1 All ER 869; 59 LGR 344, QBD

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