Vanessa is a director of Smash Ltd and is in charge of the company's production line and related ... ... at full capacity to fill an urgent and lucrative order, the production line jams. Clot, a company employee, crawls into the middle of the machinery and is eventually able to sort out the problem.

Vanessa is a director of Smash Ltd and is in charge of the company's production line and related activities. One day, when the factory is operating ull capacity to fill an urgent and lucrative order, the production line jams. Clot, a company employee, crawls into the middle of the machinery and is eventually able to sort out the problem. He calls out that he has rectified the problem and is coming out, whereupon Vanessa orders that the production line be immediately restarted (there is usually a short delay while the machinery warms up). The supervisor, Simon, refuses to start the machinery until Clot is fully out, but Vanessa reaches past him and presses the restart button, commenting that there's plenty of time Unfortunately, Clot has stopped to admire the internal workings of the machinery. The machinery starts up more quickly than usual because it is still warm, and Clot becomes trapped inside. Pieces of Clot continue to be found in and around the machinery for weeks thereafter Advise all parties on the implications of these facts, so far as relevant to company law