Burgoyne v Rose Bridge Colliery Co Ltd    Master and servant – Workmen’s compensation – Reference to medical referee by consent –
Report remitted by registrar without consulting parties – Jurisdiction of registrar –
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1925 (c 84), s 19(2) – Workmen’s Compensation Rules 1926,
r 57.
A workman was struck in the eye by a flying piece of metal and totally incapacitated. After
he had received compensation for six months his employers served on him a notice of
termination of payment, containing a medical certificate stating that he had recovered. The
workman served a counter-certificate, and the parties agreed on a reference to a medical
referee. The registrar sent to the medical referee a request for an answer to the questions: