The Labour Laws of New Zealand: (brought Up to the End of the Session of 1908)

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John McKay, 1909 - 615 pages

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Page 408 - ... dangers of the sea or other navigable waters, acts of God, or public enemies, or the inherent defect, quality, or vice of the thing carried, or from insufficiency of package, or seizure under legal process, or for loss resulting from any act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative, or from saving or attempting to save life or property at sea, or from any deviation in rendering such service.
Page 589 - All persons may be joined as defendants against whom the right to any relief is alleged to exist, whether jointly, severally or in the alternative; and judgment may be given against such one or more of the defendants as may be found to be liable according to their respective liabilities, without any amendment.
Page 411 - ... to exercise due diligence, properly equip, man, provision and outfit said vessel, and to make said vessel seaworthy and capable of performing her intended voyage, or whereby the obligations of the master, officers, agents, or servants to carefully handle and stow her cargo and to care for and properly deliver same, shall in any wise be lessened, weakened, or avoided.
Page 65 - ... is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, ami although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 499 - Act which he would have been liable to pay if that workman had been immediately employed by him ; and where compensation is claimed from or proceedings are taken against the principal, then, in the application of this Act, references to the principal shall be substituted for references to the employer, except that the amount of compensation shall be calculated with reference to the earnings of the workman under the employer by whom he is immediately employed.
Page 510 - Where the injury for which compensation Is payable under this act was caused under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the employer...
Page 27 - ... is so found dangerous. A competent person who shall be appointed for the purpose shall inspect the mine, or such part thereof as is so found dangerous, and, if the danger arises from inflammable gas, shall inspect the same with a locked safety lamp, and in every case shall make a true report of the condition of...
Page 604 - ... and if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would have been delivered in the ordinary...
Page 589 - ... join two or more defendants, to the intent that the question as to which, if any, of the defendants is liable, and to what extent, may be determined as between all parties.
Page 100 - The employment of children or 'young persons, or of any person or persons or class of persons in any industry, or the dismissal of or refusal to employ any particular person or persons or class of persons therein. (d) Any established custom or usage of any industry, either generally or in the particular district affected. (e) Any claim arising under an industrial agreement. "Industrial union " means an industrial union registered and incorporated under this act.

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