An employer who delegates maintenance and loading responsibilities to a third party under a 'quick hitch' or similar arrangement retains a non-delegable duty to see that care is taken for its employees, and will bear a proportion of liability (here 15%) even where all acts of negligence are attributable to the third party. A plaintiff's return to the workforce following the death of a spouse is not a financial benefit resulting from the death to be offset against damages under the Compensation to Relatives Act. Interest should be awarded for the full period of delay even where the delay is partly attributable to the plaintiff's former solicitors.
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