Mersey Docks & Harbour Board v Coggins & Griffiths [1947] AC 1

The case of Mersey Docks & Harbour Board v Coggins & Griffiths [1947] AC 1 considered the issue of vicarious liability and whether or not a crane driver who injured a man standing on a dock was the employee of the harbour authority who he was employed by or the company that had hired the services of the crane and the driver.

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