Pease and Partners Ltd v Birch A workman some years before 1928 had suffered from miner’s nystagmus. In 1928 he was employed by
the appellants and then signed a declaration that he had not suffered from that disease. There was a
break in his employment, but, in 1933, when he was re-engaged by the appellants, he again signed a
declaration that he had not suffered from the disease.