Rudd v Elder Dempster & Company Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1933
Year1933
CourtCourt of Appeal
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5 cases
  • Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company v English
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Julio 1937
    ...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 to plant and system ......
  • Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company v McMullan
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Julio 1933
    ...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 after weighing the judgments in b......
  • Arthur Guinness, Son & Company (Dublin) Ltd v The Freshfield (Owners); The Lady Gwendolen
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 2 Abril 1965
    ...the owners. A breach of duty may arise notwithstanding that an owner (or employer) has done all in his power to prevent it. 22 In Rudd v. Elder Dempster & Co. (1933 1 King's Bench page 566), a case in the Court of Appeal which was forestalled in its appeal to the House of Lords by Lochgelly......
  • Griffiths v Liverpool Corporation
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 26 Mayo 1966
    ...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 highways if that is what the l......
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