Practitioners advising on labour hire arrangements should note that where a fixed-term supply contract expires but the parties continue to supply and pay for labour, the expired contract's terms (including indemnity clauses) may be inferred to continue; and that defined terms such as 'employed by' will be construed commercially rather than technically where the narrow construction would defeat the evident commercial purpose.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 42 later cases that cite this judgment.
5 of the 42 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.