Byers v Head Wrightson & Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division
Year1961
Date1961

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16 cases
  • Gaughan v Straits Instrumentation Pte Ltd and Another
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 28 February 2000
    ...and manner of supervision to him. The cases of Jenner v Allen West & Co Ltd [1959] 2 All ER 115 and Byers v Head Wrightson & Co Ltd [1961] 2 All ER 538 cited by the plaintiff are not applicable to the facts of this case because the employees involved there had neither experience nor experti......
  • Ray McCalla v Atlas Protection Ltd and Ringo Company Ltd
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 6 May 2011
    ...had proper and competent accompaniment and adequate supervision while on duty to protect him even from his own incompetence. See Byers v. Head Wrightson Co. Ltd. [1961] 1 WLR 961. 85 I must say, however, that even if the claimant were the most alert, it is my view that given the state of t......
  • Parno v SC Marine Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 15 September 1999
    ...supervision and guidance in order to protect him from his own incompetence: see Byers v Head Wrightson & Co Ltd [1961] 2 All ER 538[1961] 1 WLR 961. An employer`s duty includes checking to ensure that the system is followed by its employees. In this case, no one even realised that the appel......
  • Jagroo v George Wimpey & Company Ltd
    • Guyana
    • High Court (Guyana)
    • 1 January 1972
    ...conclusion that they were, applied the tests laid down in Elms v. Foster Wheeler Ltd. A similar conclusion was arrived at in Byers v. Head Wrighston & Co. Ltd. [1961] 2 All E.R. 538 and Mc Guire v. Power Gas Corporation Ltd. [1961] 2 All E.R. In the latter case the plaintiff claimed damages......
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