Vyner v Waldenberg Bros

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1945
CourtCourt of Appeal
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30 cases
  • Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • March 1, 1956
    ...swing grinders did not cause the pursuer's disease. This view was based on a passage in the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Vyner v. Waldenberg Brothers Limited [1946] K.B. 50: "If there is a definite breach of a safety provision imposed on the occupier of a factory, and a workman is in......
  • Bonnington Castings Ltd v Wardlaw
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • March 1, 1956
    ...swing grinders did not cause the pursuer's disease. This view was based on a passage in the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Vyner v. Waldenberg Brothers Limited [1946] K.B. 50: "If there is a definite breach of a safety provision imposed on the occupier of a factory, and a workman is in......
  • Fairchild Estate v. Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd. et al., (2002) 293 N.R. 1 (HL)
    • Canada
    • May 16, 2002
    ...to the decision in Wardlaw's case where the House overruled the decision of the Court of Appeal in Vyner v. Waldenberg Brothers Ltd. , [1946] KB 50 that the onus is on an employer to show that the breach of a safety regulation was not the cause of an accident. Moreover if the House were to ......
  • Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • November 14, 1986
    ...and if there is more than one cause the contribution may be less than half so long as it is material. That case also overruled Vyner v. Waldenberg Brothers Limited [1946] K.B. 50 in so far as it laid down that in actions based on breaches of statutory duty the onus of proof is 52How the on......
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