Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company v English
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Atkin,Lord Thankerton,Lord Macmillan,Lord Wright,Lord Maugham |
| Judgment Date | 19 July 1937 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1937] UKHL J0719-3 |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Docket Number | No. 6. |
| Date | 19 July 1937 |
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389 cases
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Carter (John) (Fine Worsteds) Ltd v Hanson Haulage (Leeds) Ltd
...not operating in the case of the former. In this connection reference was Made to the case of ( Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co. v. English 1938 Appeal Cases page 57), and the case of ( Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. v. McMullan 1934 Appeal Cases page 1) was mentioned though not otherwise referred to.......
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Hall (Winston) v Glencore Alumina Jamaica Ltd
...of the following; safe employees for him to work with, safe equipment, a safe place of work and a safe system of work. (See Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co. Ltd. v English [1938] A.C. 57 at pp. 78 and 86.) 4 Mr. Hall's description of the event is contained in paragraph 15 and 16 of his witness s......
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Walker (Marjorie), Michael Costa and Kenneth Neysmith, executors of the estate of Neville Walker (Deceased) v Victor Lobban
...law duty to his workmen is well settled. It is a duty to take reasonable care in all the circumstances of the case. In Wilsons & Clyde Coal Company v. English [1937] 3 All ER 628, Lord Wright describes this duty as one which imposes on an employer an obligation to provide a reasonably safe......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Working from home in the COVID-19 era what are the domestic duties' of the employer?
...staff, adequate materials, proper systems of work and effective oversight and enforcement (see Wilson and Clyde Coal Co Ltd v English [1938] AC 57). Any implemented risk management system must be monitored, enforced and reviewed Place of Work The duty to provide a safe 'place of work' exten......
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Safe Volunteering: The Ups And Downs Of Corporate Social Responsibility
...of the duty of care owed by an employer to an employee was established in the case of Wilson and Clyde Coal Company Ltd v English [1937] 3 All ER 628. This case held that an employer owes a "duty of care" to his employees, which was personal to the employer and not capable of delegation. Th......
13 books & journal articles
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Employers' Liability at Common Law: Two Competing Paradigms
...as well as delictual. The delictual duty had first been recognised by the House of Lords in Wilsons & Clyde Coal Co Ltd v English,4040[1938] AC 57. but it was not until twenty years later, in the case of Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd,4141[1957] AC 555. Lister concerned the du......
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General Principles of Interpretation
...267 Robb v Green , [1895] 2 QB 315 (CA). 268 Amber Size & Chemical Co v Menzel , [1913] 2 Ch 239. 269 Williams & Clyde Coal Co v English , [1938] AC 57 (HL). General Principles of Interpretation 851 the employer to provide something less than reasonable notice would preclude the implication......
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General Principles of Interpretation
...v. Green , [1895] 2 Q.B. 315. 203 Amber Size & Chemical Co. v. Menzel , [1913] 2 Ch. 239. 204 Williams & Clyde Coal Co . v. English , [1938] A.C. 57 (H.L.). General Principles of Interpretation 745 press indication of an intention on the part of the employer to provide something less than r......
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Rough Justice in an Unjust World
...as ‘mixed liability’: ‘Mixed and vicarious liability – a suggested distinction’(1966) 29 MLR 160.51 Wilson and Clyde Coal Co vEnglish [1938] AC 57.52 See Honeywill & Stein vLarkin Bros [1934] 1 KB 102; Tarry vAshton (1876) 1 QBD 314.53 n 7 above at 1335, para 60. Nevertheless, Laddie J in B......
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