An ‘Alderman’ ~ is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council member elected by voters.The title is derived from the Old English title of ealdorman, literally meaning "elder man", and was used by the chief nobles presiding over shires. In theBoxing Test at Melbourne,Jasprit Bumrah's first- Test man of the match award is a fitting end to a dream debut year.The right armer with a different arm action and sublime control had his best Test figures of 6-33 in the first innings as Australia were skittled for 151.Only Australian Terry Alderman and West Indian Curtly Ambrose have taken more Test wickets in their first calendar year.In case, you have heard only of Max Walker, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Rodney Hogg, Geoff Lawson, Carl Rackemann, Craig Mcdermott,Merv Hughes, Bruce Reid, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee …. – there was Alderman, who flummoxed England and especially Geoff Boycott.. ..
Alderman v. Great Western Railway Co.was a case before House of Lords whence the august House considered the aspect of notional extention of work place in a different context.Workplace and work hours though not defined in the Act have a clearer jurisdiction .... .. however, there could be times and places which can be considered to be inclusive.: “…The man’s work does not consist solely in the task which he is employed to perform. It includes also matters incidental to that task. Times during which meals are taken, moments during which the man is proceeding towards his work from one portion of his employers’ premises to another, and periods of rest may all be included.” The cause of action pertained to a Ticket collector in a Railway company.The applicant, a traveling ticket collector in the employment of the respondent railway company, had, in the course of his duty, to travel from Oxford, where his home was, to Swansea, where he had to stay overnight, returning thence on the following day to Oxford. He had an unfettered right as to how he spent his time at Swansea between signing off and signing on, and he could reach the station by any route or by any method he chose. In proceeding one morning from his lodgings to Swansea station to perform his usual duty, he fell in the street and sustained an injury in respect of which he claimed compensation. The House of Lords held that the applicant was not performing any duty under his contract of service and therefore the accident did not arise in the course of his employment. The reason for the decision as recorded was : "........ when he (the applicant) set out from the house in which he had chosen to lodge in Swansea to go to sign on at the station he was (and had been ever since he had signed off on the previous afternoon) subject to no control and he was for all purposes in the same position as an ordinary member of the public, using the streets in transit to his employer's premises." This case, therefore, applies the principle that if the employee at the time of the accident occupies the same position as an ordinary member of the public, it cannot be said that the accident occurred in the course of his employment. This is a, simple case of an employee going to the station as any other member of the public would do, though his object was to sign on at the said station. After considering the decisions on the subject, the learned Lord concluded thus : "When all the cases have been looked at and considered, one is finally brought back to the words of the Act, "'the course of the employ ment". The course of the employment begins when the workman enters the employment, and it ceases when he leaves the employment, it being his duty to do both." Interesting and time-bound principles do not change ! With regards – S. Sampathkumar 24th Jan 2o19.