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2 The Recent Test Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

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References

[1] Smith v British Rail Engineering Ltd, Court of Appeal, reported in Kemp and Kemp, The Quantum of Damages (in personal injury and fatal accident claims) Volume 2 1975 as updated.

[2] Thompson v Smiths Shiprepairers [1984], which is the leading case on Industrial Hearing Loss. It is a leading case in its own right in industrial compensation, health and safety at work and employer's liability. The full name is Thompson, Gray and Nicholson v Smiths Shiprepairers (North Shields) Ltd; Blacklock and Waggott v Swan.Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd; Mitchell v Vickers Armstrong Ltd and Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd, The High Court, Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Mustill) in a judgment delivered at Newcastle Crown Court on 14.11.83. Reported [1984] IRLR 93 March. [1984] 2 WLR 522 in Kemp and Kemp, and [1984] 1 All ER 881.