Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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CLARK v. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LTD., AND ANOTHER.

(1948) 82 Ll.L.Rep. 290

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Pritchard.

Docks Regulations, 1934-Lighting-Breach of statutory duty - Safe system of working - Contributory negligence - Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff stevedore engaged in loading heavy cases of machinery into hold of first defendants' steamship in Royal Victoria Dock, London-Evidence that plaintiff, during the operation of stacking the cases, fell into space between cases and bulkhead - Action brought against shipowners (first defendants) and against employers (second defendants) alleging that accident was due to inadequate lighting.

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