Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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MILLER v. "OTTILIE" (OWNERS).

(1943) 77 Ll L Rep 150

COURT OF APPEAL.

Before Lord Justice Scott, Lord Justice Luxmoore and Lord Justice du Parcq.

Workmen's compensation - "Remunerated mainly by shares in the profits"-Accident to ship's cook employed in trawler -Crew to be paid wages (which included basic rate, food, and risk money) and share in profits-Earnings on voyage: basic wage, £2 3s. 9d. risk money, £1 5s.; food, 18s.; poundage (share of the profits earned by the vessel), £7 9s.-Whether "mainly" remunerated by shares in the profits-Meaning of "mainly"-Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, Sect. 35 (2).

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