Morris v C. W. Martin & Sons Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal
JudgeTHE MASTER OF THE ROLLS,LORD JUSTICE DIPLOCK,LORD JUSTICE SALMON
Judgment Date19 May 1965
Judgment citation (vLex)[1965] EWCA Civ J0519-1
Date19 May 1965

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    • House of Lords
    • 12 November 1981
    ...of goods as sub-bailee of an original direct bailee of the owner of goods also owes some duty of care towards the owner. Morris v. C. W. Martin & Sons Ltd. [1966] 1 OB. 716. 12 My Lords, with modern methods of communication and the presence of professional salvors within rapid reach of ......
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  • O'Keeffe v Hickey and Others
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 December 2008
    ...a judgment which turns on its own facts. It is, clearly heavily influenced by the English decision of Morris v. C. W. Martin & Sons Ltd. [1966] 1Q.B. 716. There a company which had accepted a fur stole for cleaning was liable to the lady who owned the item when an employee stole the fur. It......
  • The Pioneer Container (K.H. Enterprise)
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    • Privy Council
    • 21 March 1994
    ...owned by the bailor. (Gilchrist Watt & Sanderson Pty Ltd v York Products Pty LtdWLR[1970] 1 WLR 1262andMorris v C W Martin & Sons LtdELR[1966] 1 QB 716applied.) 2. The shipowners became on receipt of the relevant goods the bailees for reward of the goods owned by the sub-bailors since they ......
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34 books & journal articles
  • Third Parties and Bill of Lading Terms
    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Carriage of Goods by Sea (Third Edition) Part II
    • Invalid date
    ...Portorafti Commerciale SA v Ultramar Panama Inc (The Captain Gregos) (No 2) [1990] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 395 (CA), 405; Morris v CW Martin & Sons Ltd [1966] 1 QB 716 (CA), 731. 123 [2003] EWCA Civ 83; [2003] QB 1509, [24]. 124 Although this is not a view which is supported by many commentators. See......
  • Chapter 12: The Liability of the Carrier
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis International Carriage of Goods by Road: CMR Part 2: English Domestic Law
    • Invalid date
    ...that liability may be imposed on the defendant.” 83 Henderson v. Merrett Syndicates [1994] UKHL 5 [1995] 2 AC 145, 181. 84 Morris v. Martin [1966] 1 QB 716 (CA); The Hua Lien [1991] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 85 Caparo Industries plc v. Dickman [1990] UKHL 2 [1990] 2 AC 605, at 617, per Lord Bridge and ......
  • Chapter 3: Legal liability 1
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Construction Insurance and UK Construction Contracts
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    ...out: per Ramsey J in Biffa Waste Services v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hesse (note 51 supra ). 147 [2001] UKHL 22; [2002] 1 AC 215. 148 [1966] 1 QB 716. See Musgrove v Pandelis [1919] 2 KB 43; Mulholland & Tedd Ltd v Baker [1939] 3 All ER 253. 150 Power v Fall (1880) 5 QBD 597; Gunter v James (1......
  • Chapter 10: Claims other than in contract
    • United Kingdom
    • Taylor and Francis Bills of Lading
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    ...in its orthodox form (as regards reliance by the sub-bailee on terms of the sub-bailment) was fully articulated in obiter dicta in Morris v Martin, 165 which were subsequently adopted by the Privy Council in The Pioneer Container. 166 The former case involved, unlike most carriage of goods ......
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