Barker v Corus (UK) plc (formerly Barker v Saint Gobain Pipelines plc; Murray v British Shipbuilders (Hydrodynamics) Ltd & ors; and Patterson v Smiths Dock Ltd & ors [2006] UKHL 20 on 3rd May 2006, reported at [2006] ICR 809

Barker v. Corus UK Ltd; Murray v. British Shipbuilders (Hydrodynamics) Ltd and Others; Patterson v. Smiths Dock Ltd and Another [2006], ICR 809, HL, ([2006] UKHL 20), (2006 Mar 13, 14 and May 3, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe and Baroness Hale of Richmond)

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