Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Shatwell

Subject Matter

CAUSATION — Negligence — Fellow workman, of — Quarry — Testing detonators — Failure by two workmen of equal status in concert to obey safety instructions — Whether fault of one cause of injury to other — Whether causation a question of fact — Breach of statutory duty — Mines and Qarries Act, 1954, s 157 — Quarries (Explosives) Regulations, reg 27 (4)

[1965] AC 656; [1964] 3 WLR 329

FACT OR LAW — Causation — Judicial precedent — How far binding

[1965] AC 656; [1964] 3 WLR 329

MINES — Quarry — Breach of statutory duty — Explosives — Testing detonators — Failure of fellow workmen to comply with regulations — Mines and Quarries Act, 1954, s 157 — Quarries (Explosives) Regulations, reg 27 (4)

[1965] AC 656; [1964] 3 WLR 329

VOLENTI NON FIT INJURIA — Master and servant — Breach of statutory duty — Deliberate combination of two workmen to disobey order knowing risk involved — Injury to one — Action against employer based on vicarious liability for act of other worker — Contravention of statutory prohibition — Whether volenti principle a defence

[1965] AC 656; [1964] 3 WLR 329