(1) BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LTD (2) BIFFA LEICESTER LTD and (1) MASCHINENFABRIK ERNST HESE GMBH (FIRST DEFENDANT) (2) OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY WENMEC AB (SECOND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) and VANGUARD INDUSTRIAL LTD (T/A PICKFORDS VANGUARD) (THIRD PARTY) and HESE UNWELT GMBH (FOURTH PARTY)

[2009] BLR 1

COURT OF APPEALCIVIL DIVISION

Before Sir Anthony May, President of the Queen?s Bench Division, Lord Justice Rimer and Lord Justice Stanley Burnton

Negligence - Construction contracts - Hazardous activities - Vicarious liability. Independent contractors - Subcontractors - Vicarious liability for activities - Welding - Whether hazardous - Principle in Honeywill & Stein Ltd v Larkin Bros [1934] 1 KB 191 - Whether of general application.