Cases - Driver v William Willett

Record details

Name

Driver v William Willett

Date

[1969]

Citation

1 AII ER 665

Keywords

Contract administration

Summary

As a result of a hoist being used in an unsafe manner, the claimant (a labourer) was injured. He sued his employer (the building contractor) and also a firm of consulting safety and inspecting engineers which had been employed by the building contractor to advise it on safety requirements. The consultant engineers had failed to advise the building contractor to discontinue the unsafe use of the hoist which caused the accident. They were therefore liable to the claimant (together with the building contractor) for the injuries suffered (Clay v Crump applied).