Michalick v McGregor - [1929] NZLR 245

Workers' Compensation — Agreement by Landowner granting Contractor Right to enter Land and remove Timber for Payment of Royalty — Death of Worker from Accident while in Employ of Contractor — Claim for Compensation against Landowner — Agreement not a "Contract for the Execution of any Work" — Work of cutting Timber in Circumstances not "Part of or a Process in the Trade or Calling" of the Landowner — Landowner not liable — Workers' Compensation Act, 1922, s 13 (1), (4) (a).