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Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH

[2008] EWCA Civ 1257; [2009] QB 725; [2009] 3 WLR 324

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year2008

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The Honeywill extra-hazardous-activity exception imposing a non-delegable duty for independent contractors is anomalous and must be confined to operations that are exceptionally dangerous whatever precautions are taken.

Area of Law

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