Richards v W. F. White & Company

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1957
Date1957
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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5 cases
  • Ward v Tesco Stores Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 November 1975
    ...it up which they had not taken. In support of that proposition, Mr. Owen, on behalf of the defendants, invited our attention to Richards v. W. F. White & Co. (1957 1 Lloyd's List Reports 367). It is necessary to say something about the facts of that case because, as in all cases of negligen......
  • Strong v Woolworths Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 7 March 2012
    ...a day and cleaned every night. There was no evidence as to when the last brushing took place before the accident. After discussing Richards v W F White & Co66, a case on breach of duty, Lawton LJ quoted the following words of Erle CJ in Scott v The London and St Katherine Docks Co67: ‘[W]he......
  • Lougheed v on The Beach Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 November 2014
    ...defendants could be expected to operate would have prevented this accident. So I think that the plaintiff fails at the outset." In Richards v WF White & Co [1957] 1 Lloyd's Rep 367 a dock labourer who was working on a ship in dock which was being loaded slipped on a patch of oil and injured......
  • Ruthlyn Thomas v Jumby Bay Resort Ltd
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • High Court (Antigua)
    • 28 April 2020
    ...at the outset. …. I for my part am unable to distinguish this case in any material respect from the judgment of Devlin J. in Richards v. W. F. White & Co. [1957] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 367. Devlin J. put the matter in the clearest possible terms at the bottom of p. 369 in the passage which Lawton ......
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