Davison v Apex Scaffolds Ltd

Subject Matter

BUILDING — Safety regulations — Scaffold — Defective coupler — Breach of Building regulations by employee — Use by employee of coupler not supplied by employers — Failure of employee to co-operate in carrying out Part II of building regulations — Employers thereby rendered in breach of regulations — Damages — Apportionment — Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948 (S.I. 1948, No. 1145), regs. 4, 7 and 12 — Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act, 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6, c. 28), ss. 1 and 4.

BUILDING — Safety regulations — Duty on workman — Whether limited to acts to be done by him specifically — Building (Safety, etc.) Regulations, 1948, reg. 4. Statutory Duty — Contributory negligence.

BUILDING — Safety regulations — Scaffold — Defective coupler — Breach of Building regulations by employee — Use by employee of coupler not supplied by employers — Failure of employee to co-operate in carrying out Part II of building regulations — Employers thereby rendered in breach of regulations — Damages — Apportionment — Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948 (S.I. 1948, No. 1145), regs. 4, 7 and 12 — Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act, 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6, c. 28), ss. 1 and 4.

BUILDING — Safety regulations — Duty on workman — Whether limited to acts to be done by him specifically — Building (Safety, etc.) Regulations, 1948, reg. 4. — Statutory Duty — Contributory negligence.