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Workmen's Compensation Act
Matched in: Term Workmen's Compensation Act
workmen's compensation
Matched in: Term workmen's compensation
Disablement, Partial
Disablement, Partial. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), s. 2(g)]
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Compensation
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Common employment
a statutory duty, Groves v. Britannic Co., 1909 (2) KB 146; nor in respect of claims under the Workmen's Compensa-tion Acts (q.v.). The doctrine of Common Employment has been modified by the Employers Liability Act, 1880, which … principle upon which the exception rests is that 'a servant who engages for the performance of services for compensation does as an implied part of the contract take upon himself, as between himself and his master, the
Master and servant
master's business, see Fanton v. Denville, (1932) 2 KB 309. The Workmen's Compensation Acts provide a statutory compensation for workmen who meet with accidents in … their masters being termed 'employers') are subject to the control of the magistrates under the (English) Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90), and by the Truck Acts (see that title) their wages … Master and servant, a relation whereby a person calls in the assistance of others, where his own skill and labour are
Accident to workman
Accident to workman, compensation for. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, provides s. 1, sub-s. (1), that if in any employment personal injury by accident arising
Indemnity
sureties, see Chitty on Contracts; THIRD PARTY. As to indemnity between contractors in the case of accidents to workmen, see s. 6 of the (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1926. Marine and fire insurances are contracts of indem-nity;
Referee
machinery, see (English) Rating and Valuation Act, 1925 (15 & 16Geo. 5, c. 90), s. 24; also (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), and other Acts. Reference committees may be appointed
Contracting out of a statute
QBD 357. Certain Acts prohibit 'contracting out' or impose limitations. For example, by s. 1 (3) of the Workmens Compensation Act, 1925, contracting out of the Act is allowed upon the certificate of the Registrar of Friendly
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