Edwards v National Coal Board
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1949 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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Jenkins v Allied Ironfounders Ltd
...reasonably practicable. 34 The test of what is reasonable—has been succinctly set out by Asquith L.J. in Edwards v. National Coal Board [1949] 1 K.B. 704 at page 712: "'Reasonably practicable' is a narrower term than "physically possible" and seems to me to imply that a computation must be ......
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Braham v J. Lyons & Company Ltd
...times from slippery substance, but that all reasonable measures must be taken to keep it free, according to the test laid down in Edwards v. National Coal Board, 1949, 1 queen's Bench, p. 704. But who is to take those measures? In my judgment everyone concerned must do his part, and if he d......
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Sanderson v National Coal Board
...to avoid the contravention. That is a matter which must be proved by evidence, not deduced by casual inference. 11 In Edxards v. National Coal Board, 1949 1 King's Bench, at page 710 Lord Justice Tucker said: It was, I think, a heavy burden. They (the National Coal Board) occupied a positio......
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Health And Safety At Work: The Meaning Of ´Reasonable Practicability´
...consequences for corporate liability under health and safety law will probably be many more prosecutions being defended. Footnotes 1 [1949] 1 All E.R. 743 2 [1995] 1 W.L.R. 1356 3 [1997] 3 All E.R. 78 4 [1998] 4 All E.R. 331 5 [2006] EWCA Crim 1156 The content of this article is intended to......
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Table of Court and Nominated Judges' Decisions
...NI 156, [1959] CLY 2458 (NI High Ct) 28 Minister of Pensions v Griseti (1955) WPAR 457 96 Minister of Pensions v Horsey [1949] 2 KB 526, 65 TLR 430, 93 SJ 526 258 Minister of Social Security v Connolly 1967 SLT 121 (Ct of Sess IH 2 Div) 28 Table of Court and Nominated Judges’ Decisions xxvi......
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Sentencing for Health and Safety Offences: Is the Court of Appeal Going Soft?
...company. They are factorsthat aggravate the offence. But how should this be determined?11 [2001] EWCA Crim 2635, [2002] Env LR 18.12 [1949] 1 All ER 743.13 G. Exall, ‘Reasonable Practicability’ Solicitors Journal, 9 November 2007, 1428–9 at1428. Exall cites the case of Merseyside Fire and C......
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THE WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT: AN OVERVIEW
...of Trustees of the Science Museum[1993] 3 All ER 853 at 859; Austin Rover Group Ltd v HM Inspector of Factories[1988] Crim LR 752. 55 [1949] 1 KB 704 at 712. 56 In determining whether a certain amount of time, money or trouble should have been taken to avert a risk, the resources and size o......
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Smoking Policies: The Legal Implications
...fails to enforce a policy. What is Reasonably Practicable? The most influential decision in this field is Edwards v. National Coal Board [1949] 1 KB 704. Although the case was decided under the Coal Mines Act 1911 it is accepted as the correct interpretation of the term. Asquith, L.J. state......