Williams v Mersey Docks and Harbour Board

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1905
CourtCourt of Appeal
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  • Hewitt v Health Service Executive
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 28 Junio 2016
    ...authority directly on point, this conclusion is, I think, also supported by UK authority. In Williams v. Mersey Docks & Harbour Board [1905] 1 K.B. 804, the deceased suffered an injury in December 1902 which would have entitled him to institute proceedings against the harbour board within ......
  • Reeves v Deane-Freeman
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 2 Febrero 1953
    ...cases. The following are examples: River Commissioners and harbour boards acting without profit ( The Johannesburg, and Williams v. Mersey Docks and Harbour Board); all kinds of sanitary, water and tramway authorities, and the officers and servants of such authorities, for example, medical ......
  • Griffiths v Smith
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Diciembre 1940
    ...following are examples: River Commissioners and harbour boards acting without profit (the Johannesburg, 1907, P. 65, and Williams v. Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 1905, 1 K.B. 804); all kinds of sanitary, water and tramway authorities, and the officers and servants of such authorities, ......
  • Jameson and Another v Central Electricity Generating Board
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 Febrero 1997
    ...and his death does not create a fresh cause of action. See e.g. Read v. The Great Eastern Railway Co. [1868] LR 3 QB 555; Williams v. Mersey Docks and Harbour Board [1905] 1 KB 804, CA; Murray v. Shuter [1972] 1 Lloyds Rep. 6, CA. However, as I have said, that principle does not apply where......
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