Read the full judgment text of DCEC 1689/2017 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 10 January 2018.
1. The applicant, a Filipina, was employed by the respondent as a domestic helper. In her home-made employees’ compensation application (“Application”) in the prescribed “Form 1” filed on 25 July 2017, the applicant brought these proceedings against the respondent for employees’ compensation in respect of an alleged accident arising out of and in the course of her employment on 2 May 2017. Her application for legal aid was refused. Throughout the proceedings, the applicant acted in person. The r