MCCAFFERTY v. MACANDREWS & CO., LTD.

(1930) 37 Ll L Rep 183

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Before Viscount Hailsham, Viscount Dunedin, Lord Buckmaster, Lord Warrington of Clyffe, and Lord Thankerton.

Workmen's compensation-Claim by ship's fireman incapacitated as result of typhoid fever - Common law action commenced - Action dismissed - Motion requesting Judge to assess compensation under Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 - Whether action brought in time - Right of appeal from Judge's award - Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, Sects. 14 (1), 29 (2) - Construction - Held, that the action was brought "within the time . . . limited for taking proceedings" under Sect. 29 (2) and that the claim for compensation was therefore properly entertained by the Judge; and that there was the same right of appeal from the Judge's award as from an award in ordinary compensation proceedings.