Norman v Great Western Railway Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1915
Year1915
CourtCourt of Appeal
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29 cases
  • London Graving Dock Company Ltd v Horton
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 9 d3 Maio d3 1951
    ...assistance from the alternative word "unexpected" suggested by Lord Phillimore (then Phillimore, L.J.), in Norman v. G.W. Rly. Coy. [1915] 1 K.B. 584: I think "unusual" is used in an objective sense and means such danger as is not usually found in carrying out the task or fulfilling the fu......
  • Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Procter
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 13 d2 Março d2 1923
    ...probation.'" 13 Similar expressions are to be found in the judgments of the Court of Appeal in ( Norman v. Great Western Railway L.R., 1915, 1 K.B., 584), and I think that they apply with great force to the present case. 14 It is impossible not to feel compassion for the Respondent in her l......
  • Sand and Company Limited v SA Railways & Harbours
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...The defendant's only duty to the public was to safeguard them from traps and hidden dangers. See Norman v Great Western Railway Co. (1915, 1 K.B. 584); Hill v Pettigrew (1936, A.C. 69). Invitees who came to the yard had to make reasonable use of it. It was unreasonable for plaintiff to cros......
  • Fairman v Perpetual Investment Building Society
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 3 d5 Novembro d5 1922
    ...a great deal more than I think it does decide, and unless your Lordships think it is right in so deciding. 57In Norman v. G.W.R. (1915, 1 K.B. 584) and Dobson v. Horsley (1915, 1 K.B. 634) I have already in the Court of Appeal commented upon Indermaur v. Dames and Miller v. Hancock, and t......
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