Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1952 |
| Date | 1952 |
| Year | 1952 |
| Court | Court of Appeal |
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Westwood v Post Office
...there. It is no answer for him to say that the danger he met was not one which either he or the Post Office had expected. Thus, in Jones v. Livox Quarries Ltd. (1952 2 Queen's Bench 608) this Court had to consider whether a workman who was riding onthe towbar of a tracked vehicle in disobed......
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O'Connell v Jackson
...responsibility for the damage". 6 The first question, accordingly, is whether this plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence. In Jones v. Livox (1952 2 Queen's Bench 608) Lord Justice Denning, as he then was, said, "Just as actionable negligence requires the foreseeability of harm to ......
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A social security perspective of employees’ compensation law in Nigeria
...risks.11 Stapley v Gypsum Mines Ltd (1953) AC 663; Carr v Mercantile Produce Co Ltd (1949) 2 KB 601. In Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd (1952) 1 TLR 1377 at 1383, Denning, L J stated: ‘Although contributory negligence does not depend on a duty of care, it does depend on foreseeability. Just as a......
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Tort Law
...in the deceased”s favour, the deceased was nonetheless liable in contributory negligence. Applying the case of Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd[1952] 2 QB 608 at 615, the court held that the “deceased must take into account the carelessness of others”, and that a “reasonable motorcyclist in the p......