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Vanessa is a director of Smash Ltd, and is in charge of the company's production line and relatedactivities. One day when the factory is operating at full capacity to fill an urgent and lucrativeorder, the production line jams. Clot, a company employee, crawls into the middle of themachinery and is eventually able to sort out the problem. He calls out that he has rectified theproblem and is coming out, whereupon Vanessa orders the production line be immediatelyrestarted (there is usually a short delay while the machinery warms up). The supervisor, Simon,refuses to start the machinery until Clot actually gets out, but Vanessa reaches past her andpresses the restart button, commenting that "there's plenty of time". Unfortunately, Clot hasstopped to admire the internal workings of the machinery, the machinery starts up quicker thanusual because it is still warm, and Clot is trapped inside. Pieces of Clot continue to be found inand around the machinery for weeks thereafter. 14Advise the company of its liability with reference to legal authority. Your answermust clearly set out the relevant legal principles that are to be applied to the facts.