The question was whether the master is entitled under the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906 (Sched. 1, sec. 17), to redeem by payment of a sum down a weekly payment which has been made for six months but which does not represent the full compensation due to the servant under the Act.
Held that the payment contemplated by section 17 is one which exhausts the master’s liability, therefore the section was inapplicable to the case.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Finlay), Viscount Haldane, Lords Sumner and Wrenbury
Citations:
[1918] UKHL 392, 56 SLR 392
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Employment
Updated: 13 June 2022; Ref: scu.631481
