Coltman v Bibby Tankers Ltd (Derbyshire)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Keith of Kinkel,Lord Roskill,Lord Griffiths,Lord Oliver of Aylmerton,Lord Goff of Chieveley |
| Judgment Date | 03 December 1987 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1987] UKHL J1203-2 |
| Date | 03 December 1987 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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5 cases
- Smith v Northamptonshire County Council
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Knowles v Liverpool City Council
...New Merton Board Mills Ltd. [1959] A.C. 604, Haigh v. Charles W. Ireland Ltd. [1973] 3 All E.R. 1137and Coltman v. Bibby Tankers Ltd. [1988] 1 A.C. 276, together with a consideration of certain provisions in primary and secondary 7It is common ground that the Act of 1969 was passed as a re......
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Michael Kelly V. First Engineering Ltd
...materially from the Factories Acts in important respects. Mr O'Carroll also submitted that cases such as Coltman v Bibby Tankers Ltd 1988 1 A.C. 276, Ralston v Greater Glasgow Health Board 1987 S.L.T. 386 and Knowles v Liverpool City Council 1991 W.L.R. 1428 which were based on the Employer......
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Mark and Janine Colley v Canterbury City Council (Compensating Authority)
...not slavishly apply it in a manner contrary to the purpose of the Act or public policy. He referred to Coltman v. Bibby Tankers Limited [1988] A.C. 276 where the House of Lords, applying the purposive approach, held the word "equipment", in a statute which aimed to saddle employers with lia......
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1 books & journal articles
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Merchant Shipping Act 1995, S. 58: Statutory Interpretation
...Act in Rv Ireland; Burstow [1998] AC 147.Also, the term ‘vehicle’ has already been discussed in case law. InColtman v Bibby Tankers Ltd [1988] AC 276 O’Connor LJ stated in theCourt of Appeal (at 282):[t]he real meaning of ‘vehicle’ is to be found in the sixth definition [of theOxford Engli......