England and Wales Case Law

Jones v Persimmon Homes Ltd & Anor

Jones v Persimmon Homes Ltd & Anor [2024] EWHC 2597 (KB) (14 October 2024)

The High Court held Persimmon liable for failing to identify a missing ladder baseboard, but found the claimant 50% contributorily negligent. Macob was not liable.

• Employer's liability
• Work at height regulations 2005
• Construction (design and management) regulations 2015
• Contributory negligence
• Workplace safety inspections
• Workplace-injury

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Lewin v Gray

Lewin v Gray [2023] EWHC 112 (KB) (25 January 2023)

The High Court dismissed a builder’s claim against a farmer after a fall through a fragile barn roof, holding no civil liability arose from CDM 2015 breach.

• Negligence
• Occupiers liability act 1957
• Construction (design and management) regulations 2015
• Work at height regulations 2005
• Statutory duty
• Common law duty

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Robert Lewin v Nicholas Gray

The High Court held that the defendant farmer was not liable for a roofer’s catastrophic fall on a fragile barn roof and dismissed the claim.

• Negligence
• Occupiers liability act 1957
• Construction (design and management) regulations 2015
• Statutory duty
• Workplace safety
• Contributory negligence

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