McAuliffe v Fletcher Construction Company Limited - [1970] NZLR 680

Negligence — Negligence arising out of special circumstances — Master and servant — Scaffolding erected by head contractor — Used also by subcontractor's painters — Failure of plank — Foreman painter injured — Liability of head contractor — Statutory obligations — Causation — Construction Act 1959, ss. 2, 3(2), 11(c), 22 - Construction Regulations 1961 (Reprint S.R. 1968/67) Regs. 42, 43(2)(4), 46(b).

Master and servant — Liability of master — Defect in condition of ways, works or plant — Scaffolding erected by head contractor — Failure of plank — Subcontractor's foreman painter injured — Liability of head contractor — Statutory obligations — Causation — Construction Act 1959, ss. 2, 3(2), 11(c), 22 - Construction Regulations 1961 (Reprint S.R. 1968/67), Regs. 42, 43(2), (4), 46(b).