NOT A "WORKER"
SHAREMILKER'S CLAIM FAILS
Deserved judgment, has .been" delivered by the Arbitration . Court in the case of James Davidson, sharemilker, of Martinborough, against Henry Daysh, farmer, of Martinborough, a claim for compensation arising out ot an accident suffered by the plaintiff in May, 1928. The plaintiff's claim was bused on one or other of two alternative grounds: (a) That ho was _ a worker, within the meaning of section 2 of tho Workers' Compensation Act, 1922; or (b) that tho defendant had agreed to pay compensation, and that the ao-roement was, by virtue of sections 18 and 19 of th,o Act, binding_on and enforceable against Hie defendant. The Court, after reviewing tho. sharemilking agreement, hold that it was a contract for services rather than a contract of service, and.that the plaintiff was not a worker within the meaning of the Act. In regard to the other, ground, the Court said it appeared on a true construction of section 18 (2) that the relation of employer and worker must exist between the parties as a condition precedent to their making a.binding and enforceable agreement under iho Act. Judgment was given for the defendant. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1931, Page 9
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193NOT A "WORKER" Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 92, 20 April 1931, Page 9
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