Jayne v National Coal Board

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1963
Date1963
CourtAssizes
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8 cases
  • Boyton v Willment Brothers Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 July 1971
    ...the operation of putting up the guard-rail is sufficiently shown to be impracticable, and he has referred us to the case of Jayne v. National Coal Board, reported in 1963 2 All England Reports at page 220. In the course of his judgment in that case Mr. Justice Veale discussed the comparable......
  • Dugmore v Swansea NHS Trust and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 November 2002
    ...foreseeability of risk may be relevant to deciding what is practicable for the purpose of such defences. The dictum of Veale J in Jayne v National Coal Board [1963] 2 All ER 220, at 224, is often quoted: "It is, I would have thought, clearly impracticable to take precautions against a dange......
  • Peter Michael Barnes v Abbey National Plc [CA (Civil), 31/10/2002]
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
  • Shell Tankers UK Ltd and Another v Jeromson and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 2 February 2001
    ...it must be taken unless in the whole circumstances that would be unreasonable.' 27 Mr Owen also relied upon a dictum of Veale J in Jayne v National Coal Board [1963] 2 All ER 220, in the context of a defence that it was impracticable to avoid or prevent the contravention, at p 224B: 'It is......
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