Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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WELCH v. ADMIRALTY AND FREDERICK LEYLAND & CO., LTD. (PROPRIETORS OF J. RUSSELL & CO.).

[1952] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 520

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Havers.

Factories Act, 1937 - Factory - Occupier - Dry dock - Means of access - Personal injuries claim by ship's painter - Trip over obstacle on ground in precincts of dry dock - Duty of occupier to provide and maintain safe means of access "so far as is reasonably practicable" - Meaning of "occupier" - Dry dock under hire to ship-repairers - Sect. 26.

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