PLATT v. ALFRED HOLT & CO.

(1943) 77 Ll L Rep 296

LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.

Before Mr. Justice Birkett.

Negligence-Safe system of working-Loading of timber-Single sling method-Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff dock labourer working in hold of defendants' ship-Claim for common law damages- Slings of timber (for stowage of cargo) being lowered into hold-Fall of pieces from sling-Evidence that sling was hoisted from quay side and lowered on to deck until it could be received in hold; that while on deck a number of scantlings were removed by a fellow workman, thereby loosening the bundle; and that the pieces of timber fell out when the sling was raised from the deck and lowered into the hold-Whether single sling method employed was safe-Recognised usage of port (Liverpool).