Managerial Law: Volume 1 Issue 1
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SIMS v. FOSTER WHEELER LTD. AND ANOTHER
L.J. Willmer, L.J. Russell, J. ScarmanMarch 4, 1966 Damages — Remoteness — Breach of warranty by sub‐contractors to contractors to provide suitable scaffolding — Concurrent breach of statutory duty by contractors to…
QUINN v. BURCH BROTHERS (BUILDERS) LTD.
Sellers, Danckwerts, L.J.J. SalmonMarch 8, 1966 Damages — Remoteness — Breach of contract — Independent sub‐contractor carrying out building work — Contractor's obligation to supply sub‐contractor with step‐ladder…
ASTELL v. LONDON TRANSPORT BOARD
L. J. Willmer, L. J. Davies, L. J. SalmonMay 10, 1966 Building — Safety regulations — Guard‐rails — Outside staircase — Guard‐rail three feet above stairs — Plaintiff's fall over side under rail — Purpose of guard‐rails…
LEACH v. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES LTD.
J. BrowneApril 20, 1966. Factory — Dangerous machinery (fencing) — Contributory negligence — Unauthorised use of machine by workman — Workman's failure to adjust guard properly …
(1304) IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY: Labourers employed on days only — Minimum weekly wage rate — Claim for increase
Parties:‐ and Steel Trades Confederation and Iron and Steel Trades Employers' Association
CLAIM FOR INDUSTRIAL DISABLEMENT BENEFIT 14.3.66: Special hardship allowance — continuous condition, section 14(1) — effect of “gap” in periods of assessment
Following a final limited assessment of disablement, a medical board, on an application for review, found that there had been unforeseen aggravation of the results of the relevant…
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING LEVY CASES
August 9, 1966 Harrogate, Yorkshire Assessment to levy‐reduction in scope of trade of appellants ‐number of employees reduced — calculation of levy — whether fact that appellants…
THE PRICES AND INCOMES (GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS) ORDER 1966
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 4 of the Prices and Incomes Act 1966(a), hereby makes the following Order:
PRICES AND INCOMES ACT 1966
(ELIZ.2, 1966, CH.33) An Act to establish a National Board for Prices and Incomes, and authorise the bringing into force of provisions requiring notice of price increases, pay…
COMMERCIAL SUPPLEMENT
An owner of a car took it to a garage to be repaired. He had only been to the garage before for petrol. He did not go into the office where there was a notice on the window to the…
LIPTROT v. BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD
L.J. Willmer, L.J. Danckwerts, L.J. SalmonMarch 1, 1966 Factory — Dangerous machinery (fencing) — “Machinery” — Mobile crane — Whether “machinery” — Factories Act, 1961 (9& 10 Eliz. II, c. 34), s. 14(1).
EMERALD CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. v. LOWTHIAN AND OTHERS
Denning, L.J. Diplock, L.J. RussellMarch 18, 1966 Trade Dispute — Acts in furtherance of — Procuring breach of contract — Sub‐contract for “labour only” — Trade union objection in principle to “labour only”…
DONAGHEY v. P. O'BRIEN & CO. AND OTHERS
L.J. Willmer, L.J. Davies, L.J. RussellMay 25, 1966 Building — Safety regulations — “Edge of the roof” — Asbestos roof — Construction — Removal of badly laid sheet — Fall of workman through opening in roof — Whether…
HAWKINS v. NEW MENDIP ENGINEERING LTD.
L.J. Willmer, L.J. Winn, J. ScarmanJune 27, 1966 Damages — Personal injuries — Future uncertainty — Brain damage — Minor epilepsy controlled by drugs — 50/ 50 chance of major epilepsy developing — Whether £8,000…
(3108) National Health Service: Attendants on the Aged and Infirm — Claim for upgrading with retrospective effect
Parties:‐ National Union of Public Employees and Board of Management for Northern Ayrshire Hospitals
APPEAL FROM DECISION OF MEDICAL APPEAL TRIBUNAL ON A QUESTION OF LAW 27.4.66: Medical Appeal Tribunal — requirements of Regulation 13(1) of Determination of Claims and Questions Regulations — findings as to causation
The Minister, having directed reference of the case to the Medical Appeal Tribunal, asked them, if satisfied the disablement was due in any degree to a psychiatric condition, to…
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING LEVY CASES
November 29, 1965 Edinburgh Construction industry — wholesaler of electric light fittings.
THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS ON INCREASES OF PRICES AND CHARGES (No. 1) ORDER 1966
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 26 of the Prices and Incomes Act 1966(a), and by section 25(7) of that Act, hereby makes the…
COMMERCIAL SUPPLEMENT
Manufacturers of radio sets agreed to sell a certain quantity to buyers in Persia. They made a contract with carriers for the radios to be carried to London docks. A large number…
SCORER v. SEYMOUR‐JOHNS
L.J. Sellers, L.J. Danckwerts, L.J. SalmonJune 29, 1966 Master and servant — Restraint of trade — Estate agent's clerk and negotiator employed — Business in country town — Recurring customers — Covenant not to carry on…
LAVARACK v. WOODS OF COLCHESTER LTD.
Denning, L.J. Diplock, L.J. RussellJuly 19, 1966 Master and Servant — Wrongful dismissal — Damages — Service agreement for annual salary and “such bonus (if any) as the directors … shall determine” — Employee not…
WRIGHT v. RICHARD THOMAS & BALDWINS LTD.
L. J. Sellers, L. J. Danckwerts, L. J. WinnJuly 21, 1966. Negligence — Contributory negligence — Plaintiff workman crushed by guide car in steelworks — Movement of car without warning after plaintiff discharged from car to…
SLATTER v. BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD
J. SachsJune 16, 1966. Negligence — Duty of care — Foreseeability — Startling crash — Railway employee examining carriages in shunting area — Exceptionally heavy crash caused by improper…
BULL v. PITNEY‐BOWES LTD. AND OTHERS
J. ThesigerJuly 26, 1966 Restraint of trade — Master and Servant — Pension fund — Employees required to join pension fund — Provision that if employee engaged in “activity or occupation… in…
(3115) Observance of Recognised Terms and Conditions of Employment in respect of Plastics Workers employed by a firm in West Molesey, Surrey
Employers concerned: Kingston Plastics Limited. Trade Union reporting the claim: Transport and General Workers’ Union. The Minister of Labour on May 2, 1966, referred to the…
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING LEVY CASES
June 6, 1966 Glasgow Construction industry — construction and demolition of furnaces, removal of slag, clearing out slurry ponds, cleaning out hoppers, brushing of roads and…
THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS ON PAY INCREASES (20th JULY 1966 LEVELS) (NO. 1) ORDER 1966
The Secretary of State, having given notice under section 29(1) of the Prices and Incomes Act 1966(a) that he was considering the making of this Order, and having considered…
COMMERCIAL SUPPLEMENT
F wished to buy from T a company called T Ltd. For this purpose F formed the plaintiff company to buy out T Ltd. C and D were appointed directors of the plaintiff company and D…