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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt:...it would be undesirable to give by Act of Parliament a special power to the. Court of Appeal in this matter. We think the tendency of the recent decisions of the Court is in the direction of extending rather than limiting its jurisdiction in reviewing the decisions of County Court Judges, and that the question what is and what is not "serious and wilful misconduct" will, in all probability, follow more definite lines in the future than has been the case in the past. In our opinion, the evidence does not justify us in making any recommendation for an alteration of the law. E.--Amount Of Compensation And Methods Of Payment. 183. The next question we have to deal with is "The amount of Amount of Compencompensation and methods of payment." First as to compensation to »ation payable to "Dependants." The amount of compensation is a fixed sum--ceaMd workman6" "a sum equal to" the "earnings" of the deceased workman "in the employment of the same employer during the three years next preceding the injury, or the sum of £150, whichever of those sums is the larger, but not exceeding in any case £300." (First Schedule (1) (a) (i)). A proviso is added to meet the event of the employment by the same employer having been less than three years: in that case compensation is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings. The very important and difficult question whether any and what amended provision should be made for ascertaining the average earnings of the workman arises also upon the question of the mode of ascertaining the amount of compensation in the case of non-fatal accidents and will be considered in that connection. But little question has been raised before us either on behalf of...