Hutchinson v Irish Electrical Construction Company

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date10 April 1935
Date10 April 1935
CourtSupreme Court (Irish Free State)
H. C., S. C., I.F.S.
Hutchinson
and
Irish Electrical Construction Company

Prohibition limiting sphere of employment - Ascent of standard carrying electricity wires before current cut off - Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 58), s. 1(1).

The applicants claimed compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, as dependants of a deceased workman employed by the respondents. The deceased was employed by the respondents in connection with their work in carrying out an electrical installation in a number of houses. On the day of his death, his work included fixing shackles to the...

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