Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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JAMES PATRICK & Co. (PROPRIETARY), LTD. v. SHARPE.

[1954] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 167

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OFTHE PRIVY COUNCIL.

Before Lord Porter, Lord Oaksey, Lord Reid and Lord Tucker.*

Australia-State of Victoria-Workmen's compensation -Injury by accident-Workman suffering from heart disease-Death of workman after heart attack while travelling to place of work - Sudden unexpected physiological change unassociated with any external event or action of deceased-Whether "injury by accident arising out of or in the course of the employment"-Workers' Compensation Act, 1928 (as amended by Act No. 5128 of 1946), Sects. 3, 5.

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