WESTWOOD v. THE POST OFFICE
Abstract
November 23, 1972 Master and Servant — Offices, shops, etc. premises — Telephone exchange — Lift motor room — Notice on door stating that only authorised attendant permitted to enter — Room occasionally used by other employees as route to roof — Employee fatally injured while in room — Floor not of sound construction — Breach of statutory duty — Widow's claim for damages — Whether employee liable — Contributory negligence — Extent of — Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 (c.41), ss.l (2), 16(1), (4).
Citation
Davies, L.J., Karminski, L.J. and Lawton, L.J. (1973), "WESTWOOD v. THE POST OFFICE", Managerial Law, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb022194
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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