Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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AMIS v. SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY, LTD., AND BARBER & HERON, LTD.

[1963] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 181

NEWCASTLE ASSIZES

Before Mr. Justice Veale

Negligence - Duty of care - Shot-blasting - Plater's labourer injured in fall from gangway to staging beside ship in dry dock-Whether fall due to cloud of dust and grit resulting from shot-blasting operations by contractors - Liability of contractors. Master and servant - Means of access - Plater's labourer injured in fall from gangway -Liability of employers-Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931, Regulation 1-Factories Act, 1937, Sect. 26 (2).

-System of working-Shot-blasting in vicinity of employee's place of work- Injury to employee-Liability of employers.

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