The Law Reports (King's Bench Division)
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[COURT OF APPEAL]
BIRCH v. PEASE AND PARTNERS, LIMITED.
1941 Feb. 3,
4,
5,
24.
SCOTT and GODDARD L.JJ.
Workmen's compensation
— Industrial disease
— Nystagmus
— False representation on entering employment as to previous immunity
— Workman becoming disabled by nystagmus
— Agreement by employers to pay compensation
— Subsequent discovery by employers that workman had previously suffered from nystagmus
— Continuance by employers thereafter to pay compensation
— Whether employers entitled to cease payment of compensation
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Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 43, sub-s. 1 (b).