Read v The Great Eastern Railway Company
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1865 |
| Court | Court of the Queen's Bench |
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16 cases
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Reader and Others v Molesworths Bright Clegg
...was of direct application. However, he submitted that they provided highly persuasive obiter dicta. The oldest authority was Read v Great Eastern Railway Company [1867–78] LR 3QB 555. There a railway passenger was injured; he sued and obtained damages. Later he died as the result of the inj......
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Mahon v Burke
...ON NEGLIGENCE PARA 1505 CHARLESWORTH ON NEGLIGENCE PARA 1508 CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S7(1) READ V GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY CO 1868 LR 3 QB 555 MURRAY V SHUTER 1972 1 LLOYDS REP 6 MCCANN V SHEPPARD 1973 1 WLR 540 PICKETT V BRITISH RAIL ENGINEERING LTD 1980 AC 136 GAMMELL V WILSON 1982 AC 2......
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Hewitt v Health Service Executive
...Fatal Accidents Acts after his death. This assumption is supported by strong authority; see Read v. Great Eastern Railway Company (1868) L.R. 3 Q.B. 555; Williams v. Mersey Docks and Harbour Board [1905] 1 K.B. 805, C.A. and Murray v. Shuter [1972] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 6,7. No point about the c......
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Morrissey v Health Service Executive
...on the existence of an actionable cause in the deceased at the time of his or her death (see Read v. Great Eastern Railway Company (1868) L.R. 3 Q.B. 555 and Nunan v. Southern Railway Company (1924) 1 K.B. 223). This was also the assumption on which the House of Lords proceeded in Pickett......
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