MURRIN v. CONVOYS, LTD.

[1951] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 82

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Streatfeild.

Negligence - Safe system - Lighting - Breach of statutory duty - Personal injuries sustained by plaintiff dock Labourer-Plaintiff, employed by defendants in their warehouse, engaged in stacking barrels of lard in tiers-Fall from stack while manoeuvring barrel into position on fifth tier - Barrels lifted by crane from floor level and then manhandled by plaintiff into position- Allegations by plaintiff: that lighting was inadequate in breach of Regulation 3 of the Docks Regulations, 1934; that he was required to work at an unsafe height, having regard to the headroom and to the fact that the crane could not properly be operated so as to place the barrels in position in the fifth tier; and that there was lack of proper supervision by defendants of the method and siting of the stacking.