MACCOLL v. VICKERS-ARMSTRONGS, LTD.

(1935) 53 Ll L Rep 299

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.(DIVISIONAL COURT.)

Before Lord Hewart (Lord Chief Justice), Mr. Justice Goddard and Mr. Justice Singleton.

Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931 - Non-compliance -Information laid against defendants under Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 - Allegation that defendants had failed to comply with Regulation 16 (a): "Stages suspended by ropes or chains shall be secured as far as possible so as to prevent their swinging"-Failure of defendants so to secure stage-Fall of workmen from stage-Finding of Justices that case for prosecution had not been proved.