Court of Appeal

CASE NO.                                VOL. NO.                                       PAGE

Cite as: Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Ward, 1998 NSCA 214

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION                         - and -         WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

BOARD OF NOVA SCOTIA                                       APPEALS TRIBUNAL OF NOVA

SCOTIA and STANLEY WARD

(Appellant)                                                                                                  (Respondents)

C.A. 148533                                       Halifax, N.S.                                 CHIPMAN, J.A.

APPEAL HEARD:                                 November 27, 1998

JUDGMENT DELIVERED:                 December 2, 1998

SUBJECT:         Worker’s Compensation - Appeal from Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal - whether error of jurisdiction.

SUMMARY:        The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia appealed from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal of Nova Scotia alleging an error of jurisdiction.

ISSUE:                 Whether there was an error of jurisdiction material to the result.

RESULT:            The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal held that it was not shown that there was any jurisdictional error that was material to the result reached by the Tribunal.  That being so, it is not necessary to pronounce further respecting the alleged errors on the Tribunal’s part.