By a rule of certain works all employees had to leave the works for an hour at 1 p.m. They might, however, go to a canteen run by the employers at which no profits were made, and which was entered from the street though contained in the same block of buildings as the works. A girl machinist employed in the works fell on the stairs of the canteen when returning to her work after the dinner hour. The arbitrator held that the accident arose out of and in the course of the respondent’s employment and awarded her compensation.
The Court of Appeal affirmed his award.
Held (diss. Lords Finlay and Dunedin) that on the evidence the respondent had proved such a case of an accident arising ‘in the course of’ her employment as could not be disturbed on grounds of law.
Decision of the Court of Appeal, 121 L.T.R. 293, affirmed.
Judges:
Lords Finlay, Dunedin, Sumner, Parmoor, and Wrenbury
Citations:
[1920] UKHL 749, 57 SLR 749
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Personal Injury
Updated: 17 June 2022; Ref: scu.631515