Holliday v National Telephone Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1899
CourtCourt of Appeal
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27 cases
  • Salsbury v Woodland
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 April 1969
    ...concerns dangers created in a highway. There are a number of cases on this branch of the law, a good example of which is Holliday v, National Telephone Company (1899 2 Queen's Bench, page 392). These, on analysis, will till be found to be cases where work was being done in a highway and was......
  • Lim Gim Seah v Lokman bin Talib
    • Malaysia
    • Court of Appeal (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Parimala a/p Muthusamy and Others v Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1997
  • Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 12 November 2008
    ...was liable although there was no finding of negligence on the part of his contractor) are similarly to be explained. Holliday v. National Telephone Company [1899] 2 QB 392, on which Slesser LJ relied, was a case of injury caused by dangerous activity on the highway. The Earl of Halsbury LC......
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1 books & journal articles
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    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...conduct of the independent contractor will be legally attributable to the owner or the main contractor: Holliday v National Telephone Co [1899] 2 QB 392. 456 (1848) 2 Exch 251 [154 Er 485]. 457 he railway company with whom the plaintif had a contract was diferent to the one that arranged fo......

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