Larner v British Steel Plc

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date12 February 1993
Date12 February 1993
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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25 cases
  • Baker v Quantum Clothing Group and Others (No 3)
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 13 Abril 2011
    ...dates than the judge had adopted. With regard to section 29, Smith LJ concluded that the court was bound by the previous authority of Larner v British Steel [1993] ICR 551, with which she anyway agreed, to hold that whether a place was safe involved "applying [an] objective test without re......
  • Baker v Quantum Clothing Group and Others (No 3)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 Mayo 2009
    ...was wrong simply to follow Rose J as he did. 61 I turn to the authorities which must be considered. Mr Hendy relies principally on Larner v British Steel [1993] ICR 551. In that case, the claimant was injured when part of a structure on which he was working fell on him. Careful examination ......
  • Dugmore v Swansea NHS Trust and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Noviembre 2002
    ...of this court, one concerned with the nature of the underlying duty and two others with the practicability of precautions. 23 16. Larner v British Steel plc [1993] ICR 551, concerned the duty in s 29(1) of the Factories Act 1961 that 'every place at which any person has at any time to work ......
  • Md Against Amec Group Limited
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 16 Diciembre 2016
    ...foreseeability had no part to play in determining whether a place of work was safe. These cases had included Larner v British Steel plc [1993] ICR 551 and Mains v Uniroyal Englebert Tyres Ltd 1995 SC 518. Larner concerned an undetected crack and caused a structure to fall on the plantiff. I......
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