Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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SLAYFORD v. HARLAND & WOLFF, LTD.

(1947) 81 Ll.L.Rep. 321

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Hallett.

Negligence - Repairs to ship in dry dock - Staging-Design-Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931-Fall from staging-Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff engaged in welding work to hull of ship in dry dock at Woolwich-Staging (planks on trestles) erected by defendant ship-repairers (plaintiff's employers) - Whether defendants negligent (1) in erecting staging so that the planks overlapped; (2) in failing to provide handrail or lifeline to staging-Contributory negligence- Regulations 1, 11.

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