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Interest
to have effect. For the law on these repealed ss. 28 and 29, see L.C. & D. Ry. Co. v. S.E. Ry. Co., (1892) 1 CH, p. 146; Re Edwards, (1891) 61 LJ Ch 22; and London, Chatham … and the conditional fee agreement was unenforceable [See (English) Conditional Fee Agreements Regulation, 2000 (SI 2000/692), reg. 4(2)(c)(e)(ii)], Garrett v. Halton BC, (2007) 1 WLR 554 CA Cir. Interest, inter alia as the compensation fixed by agreement
Negligence
is also a peculiar duty to take precaution in the case of dangerous Articles, see Dominion Natural Gas Co. v. Collins, 1909 AC 640. This case should be distinguished from the principle in Fletcher v. Rylands, LR 3 … in each case, i.e., (1) ordinary, which is the want of ordinary diligence; (2) slight, the want of great diligence; and (3) gross, the want of slight diligence. A smaller degree of negligence will render a person
Arbitration
484], apply to that Court to stay the proceedings, and that Court [including a County Court, Morriston Tinplate Co. v. Brooker, (1908) 1 KB 403], if satisfied that there is no sufficient reason why the matter should not … equitable. An arbitrator ought to be an indifferent person between the disputants, and should be incorrupt and impartial. Generally speaking, almost all matters in dispute, not being of a criminal nature, may be referred to arbitration; but
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Labourer
little that may be, is not to be regarded as a labourer, G. Venkatachalam Pillai v. Labour and Co. (Pte.) Ltd., AIR 1961 Mad 358 (359). [Limitation Act, 1908, Art. 7] Means servants in husbandry or manufactures,
Necessaries
term, not strictly limited to such things as are absolutely requisite for support and subsistence, but to be construed liberally, and varying with the state and degree, the rank, fortune, and age of the person to whom … limited to such things as are absolutely requisite for support and subsistence, but to be construed liberally, and varying with the state and degree, the rank, fortune, and age of the person to whom they are supplied, … and education--as food, lodging, apparel, medical attendance, schooling and instruction--unless credit be given solely to the parent, which is presumed to be the fact it
Common employment
adjusted accordingly, or, in other words, that these risks are considered in the wages' [per Balckburn, J., Morgan v. Vale of Neath R. Co., (1864) 5 B&S 578]. For review of cases, see Bray, J., in Cribb … Common employment. The general rule that a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant … Common employment. The general rule that a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence
Agent
with the maxim, qui facit per alium facit per se, to fix him with the same liability in contract or tort as if he had done it himself. See BROKER, FACTOR, MERCANTILE AGENT, VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, and consult … same liability in contract or tort as if he had done it himself. See BROKER, FACTOR, MERCANTILE AGENT, VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, and consult Bowstead on Agency or Evans on Principal and Agent. Where the principal is disclosed, only … person acting for another, whether by his express or implied authority, the general rule being, that whatever a person may do himself, that he may,
Factory
premises, including the precincts thereof, in any part of which a manufacturing pro-cess is carried on, S.T. Trading Co. v. Union of India, AIR 1966 Guj 165 (166) [Employees' Provident Funds Act (19 of 1952), s. 2(g)]. See
Railway
the Great Northern Railway Company and that of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company (see Lancashire and Yorkshire Co. v. Gidlow, LR 7 HL 517), compel companies to provide locomotive power, etc. ss. 92 and 108 of the … Parliament; and (2) under the Companies Clauses, Lands Clauses, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts; and (3) under the general Acts relating to railways. The (English) Railway Act, 1921, provides for the reorganization of almost all the railways
Res ipsa loquitur
of negligence is required beyond the accident itself, which is such as necessarily to involve negligence, e.g., a collision between two trains upon a railway: see Carpue v. London, Brighton, and South Coast Ry. Co., (1844) 5
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