Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 7 October 1948.
1. In this case I have already decided in favour of the defendant the question whether, assuming the proceedings by the Board of Enquiry to have been regularly conducted in accordance with the regulations, the defendant's plea that the finding of the Board was res judicata, was prima facie valid. That decision left open the question whether the irregularities alleged by the plaintiff in his statement of claim and the further particulars delivered, if established, would afford him an affirmative