Safe System of Work in UK Law
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Christmas v General Cleaning Contractors Ltd
... ... The system which the Appellants adopted involved the window ... taking no steps to ascertain whether it was safe to rely on the sashes of the window for handhold ... that I have come to is that the system of work provided for the Plaintiff" (the Respondent) "on ... ...
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Qualcast (Wolverhampton) Ltd v Haynes
... ... allegations were made of the want of a "safe system of working" the issue has now become a ... ) caused or permitted him to perform the said work when by reason of the presence of the said ... ...
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Staveley Iron and Chemical Company Ltd v Jones
... ... , which arise in factories in the course of work where people are collaborating together and ... For safe working the crab must be centred over the load; ... incompetent servant or not having a proper system of work or in some other way. But there is ... ...
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Hatton v Sutherland; Barber v Somerset County Council
... ... 's psychiatric illness caused by stress at work. Two of the employees were teachers in public ... where an employee's complaint about the system of work provided by his employer and under which ... were providing for him a reasonably safe system of work ... 6 ... ...
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Marshall v Gotham Company Ltd
... ... called as a witness, to proceed with their work ... 5 After the accident ... tapped with a hammer to see whether it is safe. If tapping gives a "dummy" or "drummy" sound ... The system used in this area was to insert a hydraulic prop ... ...
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Kennedy v Cordia (Services) LLP
... ... to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 ("the PPE Regulations") ( SI ... weather, and that staff should ensure that safe adequate footwear was worn. What constituted safe ... There was no evidence of any system of working or reporting in when staff had to go ... ...
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Barber v Somerset County Council
... ... suffer psychiatric illness through stress at work (paras 23–31), and the circumstances in which a ... in place, but an employer who does have a system along those lines is unlikely to be found in ... care is taken to provide them with a safe place of work, safe tools and equipment, and a ... ...
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Paris v Stepney Borough Council
... ... of his eyes while he was engaged in such work and to require him to use them. I can come at ... is whether the employers in adopting this system and not providing or requiring the use of goggles ... form of scaffolding is dangerous or not safe he means not merely that it may fall, but that ... ...
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Connelly v RTZ Corporation Plc and Another
... ... damages on a higher scale; a more complete system of discovery; a power to award interest; a more ... ...
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Davie v New Merton Board Mills Ltd
... ... was no negligence in the Respondents' system of maintenance and inspection: (9) That ... -employees, or the propriety of the system of work. The obligation is fulfilled by the exercise of ... The drift was not safe for use because it was much too hard and brittle, ... ...
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