KENDRICK v. COZENS AND SUTCLIFFE LTD.

Abstract

May 16, 1968 Building — Safety regulations — Roof of fragile materials — Safe means of access — Employee working from roof to knowledge of employers — Convenient but not necessary to do so — Not proper place from which to work — Employers' failure to inspect roof to see that safe — Whether negligent — Fall of employee through roof — Whether employers in breach of statutory duty — Whether roof place where employee “has…to work” — “Have to pass over” — “Ladders” — Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948 (S.I. 1948 No. 1145), reg. 31(3) — Construction (General Provisions) Regulations, 1961 (S.I. 1961 No. 1580), reg. 7(1).

Citation

Willmer, L.J., Winn, L.J. and Davies, E. (1968), "KENDRICK v. COZENS AND SUTCLIFFE LTD.", Managerial Law, Vol. 4 No. 5, pp. 469-486. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021543