COMPENSATION
CHIEF JUSTICE’S OBSERVANCE.
(Per Presg 1 ssociation— Copyright )
AUCKLAND, November 22,
The necessity for prompt notification of intention to claim in compensation cas'es was stressed by ..the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers), in the Supreme Court. He remarked he had seen a great many cases where there had been an unreasonable delay on the part cf employees, vffio wolre. /injured, that they intended bringing claims in oommon law. His Honour said liis observation were not intended to reflect upon anybody. It was just a general observation that prompt notice should be given, otherwise an employer was:likely to be prejudiced. It was not fair for the worker to go on accepting compensation for a considerable period, when he intended to bring action in common laiv.
The employer should also he fair and reasonable, of course, and not stop payments because action in common law was intended to he brought. When it was plain that a man was entitled to some remedy, compensation should continue for a reasonable time to enable the worker to bring action.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1933, Page 6
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175COMPENSATION Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1933, Page 6
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