TAYLOR v. FURNESS, WITHY AND CO. LTD.

Abstract

March 19, 1969 Master and Servant — Contract of service — Statutory scheme — Dock decasualisation scheme — Worker allocated by dock labour board to employer — Employer giving worker welcoming letter and identity card and assigning him to ship — Subsequent discovery that worker not union member — Whether already “employed” by employer — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. VI, c. 22), s. 1(1) — Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Amendment) Order, 1967 (S.I. 1967, No. 1252), Sched. 2. cl. 2(1), 6(1)(l), 8(1), (7), 9(1), (2)(a), 14 A(1).