| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
courses |
weight of statements |
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Summary:
Law consistently interpreted as denying benefit when a person is attending a course with definite goal in mind and to which he must necessarily devote full time, attention and energy. Not sufficient to say that he would abandon the course if a job offered.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
applicability |
necessary conditions |
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Summary:
Ss.14(a) imposes on a claimant the burden of proving for any working day that he is capable, available and unable to obtain work. These 3 conditions must be met. Not one out of 3 or 2 out of 3 but all of them.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
courses |
time required for studies |
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Summary:
Law consistently interpreted as denying benefit when a person is attending a course with definite goal in mind and to which he must necessarily devote full time, attention and energy. Not sufficient to say that he would abandon the course if a job offered.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
courses |
purpose of the legislation |
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Summary:
Claimant under misapprehension. He does not meet the availability requirement, no matter how virtuous might have been his decision to enter into an extensive course. The Act is not to be construed as providing bursaries or scholarships to full-time students.
