WICKENS v. ASSOCIATED PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURERS, LTD., AND GLEN LINE, LTD.

[1951] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 162

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Cassels.

Negligence - Bad stowage - Shifting of cargo while unloading barge-Unsafe system of work - Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff dock labourer- Plaintiff, employed by second defendants, in hold of first defendants' barge, unloading cargo of cement in bags - Sudden movement of cargo, trapping plaintiff's leg-Evidence as to method of stowage and discharge - Allegation that cargo was improperly stowed by first defendants' lightermen -Whether second defendants failed in their duty to provide safe system of work - Docks Regulations, 1934, Regulation 41.