COLLINS v. ANCHOR LINE, LTD.

(1939) 63 Ll L Rep 287

COURT OF SESSION.

Before Lord Robertson.

Factory and Workshop Act, 1901-Breach of statutory duty-Unfenced machinery on board ship-pursuer employed as butcher on board defenders' steamship -Damage to hand by contact with knives of mincing machine in butcher's shop-Claim by pursuer based on view that premises were a non-textile factory within the meaning of the Act -Defences: (1) that premises were not a factory within the meaning of the Act; (2) that the Act had no application to a ship on the high seas- Sects. 10 (1) (c), 149 (1) (c).