WESTWOOD AND ANOTHER v. POST OFFICE

Abstract

July 25, 1973 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 — Claim for damages by employee's estate — Whether employer liable — Contributory negligence — Whether employee guilty of — Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 (c.41), ss.l(1),(2), 16(1).

Citation

Wilberforce, of Glaisdale, S., of Chelsea, C., Kilbrandon and Salmon (1973), "WESTWOOD AND ANOTHER v. POST OFFICE", Managerial Law, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb022267