BLAKE v. RICHARDS & WALLINGTON INDUSTRIES LTD. and ANOTHER and FRAM SIEGWART LTD.

Abstract

January 25, 1974 Contract — Construction — Indemnity clause — Trader contracting to indemnify owner of hired crane against “all claims, demands, proceedings, damages, costs and expenses…” — Driver of crane remaining owner's servant — Collision with lorry through negligence of owner's servant — Driver of lorry awarded damages against owner of crane — Third party proceedings by owner of crane against trader — Whether indemnity clause covering owner for negligence of his own servant.

Citation

Richards, J. (1974), "BLAKE v. RICHARDS & WALLINGTON INDUSTRIES LTD. and ANOTHER and FRAM SIEGWART LTD.", Managerial Law, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb022305