Hopwood v Rolls-Royce Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1947
CourtCourt of Appeal
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6 cases
  • Dorman Long & Company Ltd v Hillier
    • United Kingdom
    • Divisional Court
    • Invalid date
  • Bhim Bahadur Rai v Fung Shing Hong, Hong Kong (A Firm)
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • 17 September 2009
    ...of Machinery) Regulations. Contributory Negligence 8. I refer to the judgment of Lord Greene, MR, in Hopwood v Rolls Royce Ltd (1947) 176 LT 514 at 520. I also refer to Lord Parker’s judgment in Staveley Iron & Chemical Co. Ltd v Jones [1956] AC 627 at 648. The contributory negligence alleg......
  • Cheung Hei Kwong v Kwong Key Construction & Engineering Ltd
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • 13 March 2003
    ...the plaintiff did not put his foot right over the step was inadvertence but not contributory negligence. In Hopwood v. Rolls Royce Ltd (1947) 176 LT 514, the Court of Appeal in England held that contributory negligence did not mean mere error of judgment or a degree of inattention which a w......
  • Taylor v R & H. Green & Silley Weir, Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • Invalid date
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