SMITH AND ANOTHER v. BLANDFORD GEE CEMENTATION CO. LTD.

Master and servant — Redundancy — Employment — Contractor's agreement to act as agent for National Coal Board in employing and paying workmen — Workmen's contract of service with board — Contractor acting as employer — Workman unaware of agreement — Payment of wages and giving of statutory notice of terms of employment by contractor — Prejudice to workman by relying on contractor's representation as to employer — Whether contractor estopped for denying himself to be workman's employer.