BUX v. SLOUGH METAL LTD.

[1974] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 155

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Edmund Davies, Lord Justice Stamp and Lord Justice Stephenson

Negligence - Duty to take care - Factory - Statutory duty - Relation of statutory duty to common law duty - Protection of eyes - Melting and founding non-ferrous metals - Employers under statutory duty to provide goggles to employees - Employers complying with statutory duty - Employers failing to instruct and persuade employee to wear goggles - Whether employers in breach of duty to provide reasonably safe system of work - Whether compliance with statutory duty absolved employers from breach of common law duty - Non-ferrous Metals (Melting and Founding) Regulations, 1962 (S.I. 1962 No. 1667), reg. 13 (1).