Patrick J. Lynch .V. Binnacle Limited trading as Cavan Co-Op Mart
Posted in : Comyn Kelleher Tobin on Employment Law Precedents on 19 April 2011
Patrice O'Keeffe
Comyn Keller Tobin
Today’s article looks at the case of Patrick J. Lynch .V. Binnacle Limited trading as Cavan Co-Op Mart, a recent decision that has important health and safety implications.
Case Name And Reference: Patrick J. Lynch .V. Binnacle Limited trading as Cavan Co-Op Mart, [2011] IESC 8
Court Or Tribunal: Supreme Court
Jurisdictions/Subject Matter: Warning to Employers on Duty to Monitor Safe Work Systems
Facts
This matter relates to an Appeal of a High Court decision which is sure to send a shiver down the spine of our male readers.
The appellant was employed as a yard man and drover for the respondent. On the 24th October 2003, the appellant passed by a Limosuin bullock in a small single pen in order
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