National Dock Labour Board v John Bland & Co Ltd

Subject Matter

DOCK — Dock work — Dock labour scheme — Preliminary stacking of imported timber in docks area — Subsequent first piling of timber at importers' yard “in vicinity of” docks but outside docks area — Whether “dock work” — Whether work on “cargo” — Cardiff and Penarth — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1946, s 6 — Docks and Harbours Act 1966, s 1 (1) — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Amendment) Order 1967, Sch 2 (Dock Workers Employment Scheme 1967), cl 10 (1)

[1970] 2 QB 333; [1969] 3 WLR 1063; [1969] 3 All ER 815; [1969] 2 Lloyd's Rep 316; 7 KIR 354, DC

[1970] 2 QB 333; [1970] 2 WLR 1251; [1970] 2 All ER 577; [1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep 509; 8 KIR 1001, CA

DOCK — Dock workers — “Decasualisation scheme” — Preliminary stacking of imported timber in docks area — Subsequent first piling of timber at importers' yard “in vicinity of” docks but outside docks area — Whether “dock work” — Whether work on “cargo” — Cardiff and Penarth — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6, c. 22), s. 6 — Docks and Harbours Act 1966 (c. 28), s. 1 (1) — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Amendment) Order 1967 (S.I. 1967 No. 1252), Sch. 2 (Dock Workers Employment Scheme 1967), cl. 10 (1)

[1972] AC 222; [1971] 2 WLR 1491; [1971] 2 All ER 779; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 20; 14 KIR 137, HL(E)

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