The Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906, sec. 7 (2), enacts-‘This Act shall not apply to such members of the crew of a fishing vessel as are remunerated by shares in the profits or gross earnings of the working of such vessel.’
Where a member of a crew of a fishing vessel was paid under agreement partly by a fixed wage, partly by a share of the profits of the venture, held that he was remunerated by a share in the profits within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906, sec. 7 (2), and was thereby excluded from the benefit of the Act.
Earl of Halsbury, Earl Loreburn, and Lords Atkinson, Mersey, and Parker
[1913] UKHL 976, 50 SLR 976
Bailii
England and Wales
Transport, Personal Injury
Updated: 17 January 2022; Ref: scu.632745
