PUWER – control of offending machinery Hyndman -v- Brown and Colin Bradley Ltd (Feb 2012) C was a farm company B was an agricultural contractor working for the farm company H was the contractors employee Bs potato harvesting machine broke down C lent B his machine which H used H used it incorrectly and was injured He claimed damages for from C breach of statutory duty on the basis that: –C was in control of the machine as it was a temporary loan –C had failed to instruct him how to use it.
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