Which of the following common defences were not available to the employers in cases of compensation for…
Under 19th-century English Common Law, employers regularly defeated injured workers' tort claims using three notorious defences—the 'unholy trinity' of Common Law defences:…
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Which of the following common defences were not available to the employers in cases of compensation for accidents under the common law ?
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Under 19th-century English Common Law, employers regularly defeated injured workers' tort claims using three notorious defences—the 'unholy trinity' of Common Law defences: the Doctrine of Common Employment (Fellow Servant Rule), the Doctrine of Assumed Risk (Volenti non fit injuria), and the Doctrine of Contributory Negligence. 'Doctrine of Natural Risk' was not one of these legal defences.
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