Membery v Great Western Railway Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1888 |
| Court | House of Lords (England) |
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8 cases
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Read v J. Lyons & Company Ltd
...J. in ( Howard v. Houlder Lines Ltd. 41 Com. Cas. 290) is adverse to the Appellant's contention, and there is a statement in Membery v. Great Western Railway Co., ( 14 Ap. Cas. 179) which, as I read it, is adverse to it. 69 In that case the Railway Co. agreed with a contractor that he shoul......
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Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Shatwell
...359—"his poverty, not his will, consented to incur the danger" (p. 364)—and by Lord Bramwell in Membery v. Great Western Railway Co. 14 App. Cas. 179: "The master says here is the work, do it or let it alone… . The master says this, the servant does the work and earns his wages, and is paid......
- Bourke v Butterfield & Lewis Ltd
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Mohd bin Sapri v Soil-Build (Pte) Ltd and another appeal
...liability imposed on an occupier of premises (see p 592B). Citing Lord Herschell`s observations in Membery v Great Western Railway Co (1889) 14 App Cas 179, Edmund Davies LJ adapted the principles relating to an occupier`s duty to take reasonable care not to subject an invitee to unreasonab......
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