Birch v Pease and Partners Ltd

Subject Matter

EMPLOYMENT — 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 — Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 43, sub-s. 1 (b).