Hearings
14 Dec 1944 [1945] KB 216, CA
18 Oct 1946 [1947] AC 156, HL
Read v J Lyons & Co Ltd
Subject Matter
FACTORY — Occupier — Manufacture of explosives — Explosion — Cause unknown — No negligence by occupier — Personal injury to person lawfully on premises — Liability.
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: Read v J Lyons & Co Ltd [1947] AC 156, HL
Dicta of Lord Macmillan applied in Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH [2008] EWCA Civ 1257; [2009] QB 725; [2009] 3 WLR 324; [2009] Bus LR 696, CA
Considered in Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] 2 AC 264; [1994] 2 WLR 53; [1994] 1 All ER 53; [1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep 261; [1994] Env LR 105; The Independent, 10 December 1993; The Times, 10 December 1993, HL(E)
Dictum of Viscount Simon considered in Rigby v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire [1985] 1 WLR 1242; [1985] 2 All ER 985, QBD
Applied in British Celanese Ltd v A H Hunt (Capacitors) Ltd [1969] 1 WLR 959; [1969] 2 All ER 1252, QBD
Dictum of Lord Porter [1947] AC 156, 176 applied in Balfour v Barty-King; Hyder & Sons (Builders) Ltd, Third Parties [1956] 1 WLR 779, QBD
Considered in Perry v Kendricks Transport Ltd [1956] 1 WLR 85, CA
Cases citing
Cases citing: Read v J Lyons & Co Ltd [1947] AC 156, HL
Arscott & Ors v The Coal Authority & Anor [2004] EWCA Civ 892, CA
Barr v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 312; [2013] QB 455; [2012] 3 WLR 795; [2012] PTSR 1527; [2012] 3 All ER 380; [2012] WLR (D) 86, CA
Biffa Waste Services Ltd & Anor v Maschinenfabrik Ernst [2008] EWHC 6 (TCC), TCC
Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH [2008] EWCA Civ 1257; [2009] QB 725; [2009] 3 WLR 324; [2009] Bus LR 696, CA
British Celanese Ltd v A H Hunt (Capacitors) Ltd [1969] 1 WLR 959; [1969] 2 All ER 1252, QBD
Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] 2 AC 264; [1994] 2 WLR 53; [1994] 1 All ER 53; [1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep 261; [1994] Env LR 105; The Independent, 10 December 1993; The Times, 10 December 1993, HL(E)
Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc [1994] 2 AC 264; [1994] 2 WLR 53; [1994] 1 All ER 53; [1993] Env LR 287; The Times, 29 December 1992, CA
Docherty v Balfour Kilpatrick Ltd & Others [2002] EWCA Civ 736, CA
Dorset Yacht Co Ltd v Home Office [1970] AC 1004; [1970] 2 WLR 1140; [1970] 2 All ER 294; [1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep 453, HL(E)
Dymond v Pearce [1972] 1 QB 496; [1972] 2 WLR 633; [1972] 1 All ER 1142; [1972] RTR 169, CA
Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4; [2024] AC 1; [2023] 2 WLR 339; [2023] 2 All ER 1; [2023] WLR(D) 53; The Times, 6 February 2023, SC(E)
Gore v Stannard (trading as Wyvern Tyres) [2012] EWCA Civ 1248; [2014] QB 1; [2013] 3 WLR 623; [2013] 1 All ER 694; [2012] 3 EGLR 129; [2013] Env LR 10; [2012] WLR (D) 266, CA
H Cousins & Co Ltd v D & C Carriers Ltd [1971] 2 QB 230; [1971] 2 WLR 85; [1971] 1 All ER 55; [1970] 2 Lloyd's Rep 397, CA
Herrington v British Railways Board [1972] AC 877; [1972] 2 WLR 537; [1972] 1 All ER 749, HL(E)
Home Brewery Co Ltd v William Davis & Co (Leicester) Ltd [1987] QB 339; [1987] 2 WLR 117; [1987] 1 All ER 637, QBD
Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd [1997] AC 655; [1997] 2 WLR 684; [1997] 2 All ER 426; [1997] 2 FLR 342, HL(E)
Hunter v Canary Wharf Ltd [1997] AC 655; [1996] 2 WLR 348; [1996] 1 All ER 482, CA
In re F (Mental Patient: Sterilisation) [1990] 2 AC 1; [1989] 2 WLR 1025; The Times, 8 December 1988; The Independent, 6 December 1988; The Guardian, 3 December 1988, CA
Jalla v Shell International Trading and Shipping Co Ltd [2023] UKSC 16; [2024] AC 595; [2023] 2 WLR 1085; [2023] 3 All ER 701, SC(E)
Kalma v African Minerals [2018] EWHC 3506 (QB), QBD
LMS International Ltd (2) Wallaby Investments Ltd (3) Contract Experts Ltd v (1) Styrene Packaging & Insulation Ltd & 4 Ors [2005] EWHC 2065 (TCC), TCC
Leakey v National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty [1980] QB 485; [1980] 2 WLR 65; [1980] 1 All ER 17; 78 LGR 100, CA
Mansfield v Weetabix Ltd [1998] 1 WLR 1263; [1998] RTR 390, CA
Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd [1975] QB 487; [1975] 2 WLR 555; [1975] 1 Lloyd's Rep 436, QBD
National Enterprises Ltd v Racal Communications Ltd [1975] Ch 397; [1975] 2 WLR 222; [1974] 3 All ER 1010; [1975] 1 Lloyd's Rep 225, CA
Pemberton v Southwark London Borough Council [2000] 1 WLR 1672; [2000] 3 All ER 924, CA
Rigby v Chief Constable of Northamptonshire [1985] 1 WLR 1242; [1985] 2 All ER 985, QBD
SCM (United Kingdom) Ltd v W J Whittall & Son Ltd [1970] 1 WLR 1017; [1970] 2 All ER 417; 8 KIR 1073, QBD
Shell UK Ltd v Total UK Ltd [2009] EWHC 540 (Comm); [2009] 2 Lloyd's Rep 1; [2009] 1 CLC 186, QBD
Southern Portland Cement Ltd v Cooper [1974] AC 623; [1974] 2 WLR 152; [1974] 1 All ER 87, PC
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council v British Gas plc [2001] EWCA Civ 212, CA
The Bodo Community v The Shell Petroleum [2014] EWHC 1973 (TCC), TCC
Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2002] EWHC 195 (Admin); [2003] QB 151; [2002] 3 WLR 247; [2002] 4 All ER 156, DC
Transco plc v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council [2003] UKHL 61; [2004] 2 AC 1; [2003] 3 WLR 1467; [2004] 1 All ER 589, HL(E)