Rudd v Elder Dempster & Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtHouse of Lords
Date1934
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6 cases
  • Wheeler v New Merton Board Mills Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division
    • Invalid date
  • Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company v English
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 July 1937
    ...of its use after he became aware of its unsafe condition." Slesser L.J. agreed with Scrutton and Greer L.J.J. Similarly in Rudd v. Elder Dempster and Co. 1933, 1 K.B. 566, Scrutton L.J. applying the view he had expressed in Fanton's case held that the employer fulfilled his duty in regard ......
  • Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company v McMullan
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 10 July 1933
    ...such a case. 7I am conscious that the result at which I have arrived is not in accord with the decision of the Court of Appeal in Rudd v. Elder Dempster & Co., 1933, 1 K.B. 566, a judgment given a few days before the decision of the Court of Session, but at that time not reported. But afte......
  • Griffiths v Liverpool Corporation
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 26 May 1966
    ...decision is not without its critics in its sphere of the factory legislation. It forestalled - unfortunately as some may think - Rudd v. Klder Dempster (1933 1 King's Bench 566), which was under appeal to the House of Lords. There seems no reason for applying it to the maintenance of highwa......
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