HAYES v. MILLS & KNIGHT, LTD.

(1939) 64 Ll L Rep 207

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Tucker.

Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931-Breach of statutory duty - Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff riveter engaged in defendant's ship-repairing yard - Plaintiff engaged in work on keel - Men engaged in other work on staging erected above - Fall of loose piece of wood through gap in staging, injuring plaintiff - Wood negligently left in insecure position by another of defendants' servants - Regulation 31: "The occupier shall as far as practicable take steps to minimise the risk arising from loose articles or materials being left lying about in any place from which they may fall on persons working or passing underneath"-Duty of defendants - Onus of proof that Regulations had been complied with-Regulations 31, 32, 45 (a), 52 (b) - Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, Sect. 85 (2).