Cavanagh v Ulster Weaving Co Ltd

Cavanaugh v. Ulster Weaving Ltd., (1960) A.C. 145 and A.C. (1959) 2 All E.R. (H.L.) is a legal judgment in a tort case decided by the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords as supreme instance of courts in the United Kingdom, clarifying the test for negligence by finding that evidence of trade practices is insufficient to prove absence of negligence of employer's duties on the facts.[1]

The employer's duty to towards the employees is held by Lord Somerville as follows: "put in its simplest terms the general scope of the duty of an employer is a duty to take reasonable care in all circumstances."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Blom-Cooper, Louis Jacques; Dickson, Brice; Drewry, Gavin, eds. (2009). The Judicial House of Lords: 1876-2009. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (published 13 Aug 2009). p. 311. ISBN 9780199532711.
  2. ↑ Frank, W. F. (June 1064). "The Safety Provisions in British Factory Law". Louisiana Law Review. LSU Law enter. 24 (4): 784. Retrieved 16 Dec 2013.


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