Manwaring v Billington

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1952
Date1952
CourtCourt of Appeal
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18 cases
  • Jenner v Allen West & Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 10 March 1959
    ...Mr. Jenner". 17 The Judge then gave anxious consideration to the question whether the facts of the case came within the authority of Manwaring v. Billington (which is reported in 1953 All England Reports, page 747). In that case the Plaintiff had been given definite instructions as to the f......
  • Wigley v British Vinegars Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 28 July 1961
    ...Accessed himself in placing the ladder in an unsafe and unsatisfactory position, and that, therefore, by analogy with such cases as Mainwaring v. Billington, 1952 2 All England Reports, 747, the Plaintiff was not entitled to succeed. This point is not really open to them on the pleadings. B......
  • Peter Michael Brumder v Motornet Service and Repairs Ltd (First Respondent) Aviva Insurance Ltd (Second Respondent)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 April 2013
    ...a breach, the employer may have a defence to an action against him by an employee who is also in breach." 60 He then referred to Mainwaring v Billington [1952] 2 All ER 747 and quoted Morris LJ in this court as saying (inter alia):- "I would deem it incongruous and irrational if, on the fac......
  • Leach v Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
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