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).

Citation

Brabin, J. (1969), "TAYLOR v. FURNESS, WITHY AND CO. LTD.", Managerial Law, Vol. 6 No. 6, pp. 488-498. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021713