GARCIA v. HARLAND & WOLFF, LTD.

(1943) 76 Ll L Rep 192

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Atkinson.

Master and servant-Accident to workman employed by ship-repairers-Common law liability of employer:-Safe system of working-Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931 -Occupier-Workman engaged in repair work on board ship in wet dock-Killed by fall into unguarded hold while returning from meal-Absence of adequate lighting -Claim by widow (as administratrix of husband's estate) under Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934- "It shall be the duty of the occupier to comply with Parts I to VIII" of the Shipbuilding Regulations - Admitted breach of Regulations-Whether defendant ship-repairers liable as "occupiers" -Shipbuilding Regulations re-enacted under Factories Act, 1937-Interpretation - Whether defendants liable as "occupiers of a factory"-Common law duty of employers to provide safe system of working on premises belonging to others-Precautions necessary for workmen's safety-Factories Act, 1937, Sects. 60, 106, 159-Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931, Regulations 1, 10, 42.