ON 23 NOVEMBER 1837, the Court of the Exchequer delivered Priestley v Fowler (1837) 3 Mees & Wels. 1, which introduced the doctrine of the defence of common employment (also known as the fellow servant rule) which protected an employer from being liable for injuries caused by one employee to another in the course of their employment.
The defence has since been abolished by law reform legislation.
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