Cole v Blackstone & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1943
Year1943
CourtKing's Bench Division
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8 cases
  • Galashiels Gas Company Ltd v O'Donnell
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 20 January 1949
    ...the absolute obligation. I cannot see that the addition of the word "properly" can lessen their obligation. In the case of Cole v. Blackstone & Co. Ltd. [1943] K.B. 615, Macnaghten J. had to consider Section 25 (4) of the same Act which provides, "all ladders shall be soundly constructed a......
  • Naigai Nitto Singapore Pte Ltd and Another; Ng Kim Cheng
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1991
  • Ng Kim Cheng v Naigai Nitto Singapore Pte Ltd and Another
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 5 February 1991
    ...of such breach of duty the plaintiff sustained injuries. On that ground the defendant was liable. He relied on Cole v Blackstone & Co Ltd [1943] KB 615 and Galashiels Gas Co Ltd v O`Donnell or Millar [1949] AC 275. In the first case the plaintiff claimed damages for the death of her husband......
  • Hamilton v National Coal Board
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 15 December 1959
    ...740, and in particular to the observations of my noble and learned friend, Lord 63Reference should next be made to the case of Cole v. Blackstone & Co. Ltd. [1943] K.B. 615, where an accident happened through the breaking of a rung of a ladder, and the question was whether the ladder had b......
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