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Employment law [2020] JRC 226

Conceicao v Silva Cleaning Services Limited

Conceicao v Silva Cleaning Services Limited [2020] JRC 226 (26 October 2020)

Employer found liable for failing to monitor safe ladder use, with damages reduced 40% for contributory negligence in a workplace injury claim.

  • Employer's liability
  • Workplace safety
  • Personal injury
  • Contributory negligence
  • Statutory duties
  • Employer-liability
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Tort [2018] JRC 219A

Vieira v Fox Plastering and Ors

Vieira v Fox Plastering and Ors [2018] JRC 219A (18 December 2018)

The Royal Court of Jersey ordered a split trial limited to liability for a 2014 scaffolding accident, leaving damages and a later 2017 accident for a later hearing.

  • Employer's liability
  • Contributory negligence
  • Apportionment of liability
  • Split trial procedure
  • Split-trial
  • Personal-injury
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Tort [2012] JRC 091

Mullaney v Brenwal Limited

Mullaney v Brenwal Limited [2012] JRC 091 (08 May 2012)

The court rejected Brenwal’s contributory negligence defence in a trench-collapse injury claim, holding that the employer’s failure to shore the trench was the primary cause.

  • Contributory negligence
  • Breach of statutory duty
  • Employer's liability
  • Construction site safety
  • Contributory-negligence
  • Breach-of-statutory-duty
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Tort law [2007] JCA 068

Chartier v States of Jersey Post

Chartier v States of Jersey Post [2007] JCA 068 (19 March 2007)

Appeal over a postal worker’s back injury. Liability finding against Jersey Post was upheld, but the medical causation and damages issues were sent back for reconsideration.

  • Employer's liability
  • Negligence
  • Contributory negligence
  • Manual handling injuries
  • Personal injury
  • Procedural law—appeals
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Employment law [2003] JLR 163

C.I. Knitwear Co. Ltd. v Hotchkiss

C.I. Knitwear Co. Ltd. v Hotchkiss [2003] JLR 163 (16 June 2003)

The court held an employer liable for negligently providing an unsuitable workplace that aggravated an employee’s pre-existing medical condition.

  • Employer's liability
  • Safe system of work
  • Workplace safety
  • Aggravation of pre-existing condition
  • Employment-law
  • Tort-law
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Tort law [2001] JCA 93

CI Knitwear v Hotchkiss

CI Knitwear v Hotchkiss [2001] JCA 93 (03 May 2001)

Court of Appeal upheld liability but reduced damages after finding the employee’s neck condition had been exacerbated, not caused, by her work.

  • Employer's liability
  • Negligence
  • Personal injury
  • Damages assessment
  • Pleading and amendment
  • Exacerbation of pre-existing condition
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