Read the full judgment text of DCEC 000412/1997 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 29 October 1998.
1. On 17 June 1997, the Applicant made an application under section 14 of the Employees' Compensation Ordinance for compensation in respect of an accident which allegedly occurred on 21 August 1994. Obviously that application was not made within 24 months as required by section 14(1). The Respondent duly applied to have that application struck out as being made out of time. In the meantime, the Applicant sought leave to amend his application by including an appeal against the assessment of the E