L.J. Sachs’s scientific contributions

October 31, 1972 Negligence — Duty of care — Manufacturer — Purchaser's employees exposed to chemical containing carcinogen — Whether danger foreseeable.

July 30, 1970 Trade union — Membership — Breach of contract by wrongful termination — Measure of damages — Actual loss to date of assessment — Future loss, how estimated? — Duty to mitigate — Union rules giving arbitrary power over temporary members — Effect on man's right to work — Whether invalid.

July 2, 1968 Revenue — Selective Employment tax — Qualifying activities — Petroleum company's establishment at airport for refuelling aircraft — Whether engaged in “Air Transport” — Whether “activities by way of the sale of goods” — “Wholesale dealers” — “Retail distribution” — Powers of Divisional Court on appeal — Selective Employment Payments Act, 1966 (c.32), ss. 2,10 — Tribunals and Inquiries Act, 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz.II, c.66), s.9 — Standard Industrial Classification Ord. XIX, 706, 810; Ord. XXIII, 887.

March 14, 1968 Building — Safety regulations — Application — Painters engaged in cleaning and dusting prior to painting — Fall from unlashed ladder — Breach of regulation 29(4), if regulations applicable — Whether dusting included in operation of “redecoration” — Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948 (S.I. 1948, No.1145), reg.2(1).

March 13, 1968 Damages — Personal injuries — Quantum — Sense of smell, loss of — Appropriate sum.

March 12, 1968 Factory — “Lifting machine” — Push button control — Workman operating crane thereby, ruptured thumb — Stiff buttons assumed to be faulty control — Stiffness caused by fault in electrical circuit — Whether part of lifting machine — Factories Act, 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz.II,c.34), s.27(1).

February 28, 1968 Factory — Lighting — “Sufficient and suitable” — Effective lighting provided — Lighting not switched on — Whether breach of statutory duty — Roadway 30 feet wide — Whether “passage” or “gangway” — Factories Act, 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz.II, c.34), ss.5(1), 28(1).

April 24, 1967 Master and Servant — Vicarious liability — Scope of employment — Customer's five ton vehicle blocking access to warehouse — Driver of fork lift truck's inability to gain access — Attempted removal of five ton lorry by driver of truck — Accident to fellow employee — Whether in course of employment — Liability of employers.

October 21, 1966 Master and Servant — Summary dismissal — Manager of betting shop — Manager's “borrowing” of money from till for private gambling — Repayment of money by manager — Whether instant dismissal justified.