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Common employment
rank or grade between the two servants, e.g., a miner injured by the negligence of the general manager, Wilson v. Merry, (1868) LR 1 HL (Sc.) 326; or difference in the occupations of the servants, e.g., collier injured … whose negligence causes the injury, the master is not liable in an action at Common law. The principle upon which the exception rests is that 'a servant who engages for the performance of services for compensation does … a master is liable for damage caused by the negligence of his servant has the exception that where the person injured is the fellow-servant of
Begar
'begar' as 'labour or service extracted by a govern-ment or person in power without giving remuneration for it'. Wilson's Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms gives the following meaning of the word 'begar': 'a forced labourer. One … is a word of Indian origin which like many other words has found its way in the English vocabulary. It is very difficult to formulate a precise definition of the word 'begar', but there can be no … can be no doubt that it is a form of forced labour under which a person is compelled to work without receiving any remuneration. Molesworth
Building
(now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building' if the interior arrangements are … An old railway carriage will be a 'new building' if the interior arrangements are altered, Hanrahan v. Leigh Urban Council, (1909) 2 KB 257. An advertisement hoarding is a building within a restrictive covenant, Nussey v. Provincial … v. Williams, (1892) 1 QB 270, as an inclosure of brick or stone covered by a roof, and said by Park, J., in R. v.
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