A seaman was accidentally injured while engaged in his ordinary work as a sailor on board his ship. At the time she had completed coaling and was lying in the middle of the dock basin moored to buoys and waiting to proceed to sea on the following day.
Held (diss Lord James of Hereford) that the employment in which the injured man was engaged was not one to which the Workmen’s Compensation Act applied.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Halsbury), Lords Macnaghten, James of Hereford, and Lindley
Citations:
[1905] UKHL 865, 42 SLR 865
Links:
Statutes:
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1897 1 7
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Health and Safety
Updated: 26 April 2022; Ref: scu.621177