Ellis v Bristol City Council – WLR Daily

Posted July 6th, 2007 in codes of practice, health & safety, law reports by michael

Ellis v Bristol City Council [2007] EWCA Civ 685

The Code of Practice issued by the Health and Safety Commission was aimed to give guidance to the construction of health and safety regulations; a judge in construing the meaning of a regulation, should have regard to its meaning and purpose, any relevant judicial authority and also the Code of Practice when considering whether a place of work was unsafe for the employees working there.”

 WLR Daily, 6th July 2007

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