Stokes v Guest, Keen and Nettlefold (Bolts and Nuts) Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1968 |
| Court | Assizes |
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134 cases
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Barber v Somerset County Council
...of preventing it, and the justifications for running the risk: see the oft-quoted summary of Swanwick J in Stokes v Guest, Keen Nettlefold (Nuts and Bolts) Ltd [1968] 1 WLR 1776, at p 1783D-E. 33 It is essential, therefore, once the risk of harm to health from stresses in the workplace is f......
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Hatton v Sutherland; Barber v Somerset County Council
...paragraph 29 of her judgment but has preferred, as a statement of general principle, the statement of Swanwick J in Stokes v Guest Keen and Nettlefold (Bolts and Nuts) Ltd [1968] 1 WLR 1776. My Lords, my own preference is the other way round. Swanwick J did not have in mind the problems of ......
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Grant v Robin Hood Enterprises and Grant 1994 Civil Appeal No. 25
...National Sports Club 1992 Civil Appeal No. 25 Roles v NathanWLR [1963] 1 WLR 1117 Haynes v HarwoodELR [1935] 1 KB 146 Stokes v GuestWLR [1968] 1 WLR 1776 Bunker v Charles Brand & Son Ltd.ELR [1969] 2 QB 480 Grant v Australian Knitting MillsELR [1936] AC 85 Searle v WallbankELR [1947] AC 341......
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Michael Beattie v Ulster Television PLC
...case will depend on its own facts and the well-known statement of Swanwick J in Stokes v Guest, Keen and Nettlefold (Bolts and Nuts) Ltd 1968 1 WLR 1776 remains the best statement of general principle. Swanwick J stated - ’The overall test is still the conduct of the reasonable and prudent ......
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2 books & journal articles
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Employers' Liability at Common Law: Two Competing Paradigms
...fact greater than average knowledge of the risks, he may be thereby obliged to take more than the average or standard precautions”.9090[1968] 1 WLR 1776 at 1783. Therefore, it seems likely that a court would take into account an employer's awareness of an employee's particular vulnerability......
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Liability for Work Stress: Kohler Ten Years On
...consistently quote and apply the principles set out in 40[2004] ICR 457. 41Stokes v Guest, Keen and Nettlefold (Bolts and Nuts) Ltd [1968] 1 WLR 1776, 1783. 42[2004] ICR 457, [65] (Lord Walker), [5] (Lord Scott). 43[2005] ICR 782. 44Ibid [10]. 45Examples from Court of Appeal cases include H......