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Actual control under safety laws

Language: English Series: Times ; 8 February 1994, 36(1)Publication details: 1994Subject(s): Summary: "RMC Roadstone Products Ltd v Jester" QBD 28 January 1994, held that an employer`s mere capacity or opportunity to exercise some control over activity of an independent contractor was not enough to bring that activity within the ambit of the employer`s conduct of his undertaking under Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 s3(1).

"RMC Roadstone Products Ltd v Jester" QBD 28 January 1994, held that an employer`s mere capacity or opportunity to exercise some control over activity of an independent contractor was not enough to bring that activity within the ambit of the employer`s conduct of his undertaking under Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 s3(1).