Massey-Harris-Ferguson (Manufacturing) Ltd v Piper

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1956
Date1956
CourtDivisional Court
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8 cases
  • Bryers v Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 25 November 1957
    ...Hartley's case is of very wide application. The Stanton case was considered in ( Massey-Harris-Ferguson (Manufacturing) Ltd. v. Piper 1956 2 Q.B. 396; 1956 2 A.E.R. 722). It is true that both of those cases were criminal prosecutions but I agree with the way in which both Hartley's case an......
  • Smith v George Wimpey & Company Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 March 1972
    ...out the words "by him". It is well settled that the words "workmen employed" mean any person employed on the site, see Massey-Harris-Ferguson (Manufacturing) Ltd. v. Piper (1956) 2 Q.B. 396. Moreover, if the words "him or" were construed so as to make a main contractor liable to the workmen......
  • McDonald (Deceased) v National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 22 October 2014
    ...to go to the areas where he was exposed to asbestos in order to fulfil the requirements of his own employment? In Massey-Harris-Ferguson (Manufacturing) Ltd v Piper [1956] 2 QB 396 the Divisional Court held that "persons employed" where that expression was used in section 60 of the 1937 Ac......
  • Percy Leonard McDonald (Claimant/Appellant) v Department for Communities and Local Government and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 6 November 2013
    ...by the second respondent as or by an independent contractor to do work for the second respondent at the factory: see Massey-Harris-Ferguson (Manufacturing) Ltd v Piper [1956] 2 All ER 722. 108 The claim for breach of section 47(1) must, therefore, be dismissed because the appellant did not ......
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