The Law Reports (King's Bench Division)
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[COURT OF APPEAL]
PERKINS v. HUGH STEVENSON AND SONS, LIMITED.
[1938. P. 696.]
1939 July. 17,
18,
19.
SIR WILFRID GREENE M.R., MACKINNON and FINLAY, L.JJ.
Master and Servant
— Workmen's Compensation
— Injury to workman
— Claim for and receipt of compensation
— Ignorance of right to elect remedy under the Workmen's Compensation Act and remedy independently of it
— Loss of right to recover damages at common law
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Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 29, sub-s. 1.