Accident compensation - Worker - Injury in course of employment - Claim for damages against employer - Whether claim barred by Accident Compensation Act 1985 - Whether proceedings in respect of injury for which worker entitled to compensation under Act - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No. 10191), s4, s135.

Accident compensation - Worker - Injuries suffered in car accident during journey to work - Compensation payments received - Claim for damages at common law - Whether damages should be reduced by amount of compensation - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191), s135(4A).

Statutes - Interpretation - Retrospective operation - Context - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191), s 135(4A).

Accident compensation - Worker - Contribution injury - Determination of liability of contributing insurer - Relevant date - Assessment - Whether entitlement to compensation extinguished by fully satisfied common law settlement - Workers Compensation Act 1958 (No 6419), s63(3), s64, s71(1), s72 - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191), s129B(6)(a)(iii), s135.

Accident compensation - Assessment by commission - Review by tribunal - Refund due in consequence of review - Whether and from when interest is payable - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191), s129G(11), s129G(12), s129G(13), s129G(14).

Statutes - Interpretation - Use of extraneous material as aid to interpretation - Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 (No 10096), s35.

Practice and procedure - Appeal - Accident compensation - Order for refund - Application for stay pending appeal made by commission - Whether discretion to grant stay - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191), s61(7).

Accident compensation - Worker - Damages - Non-pecuniary loss - Statutory limit on damages - Contributory negligence - Whether apportionment made to initial assessment or to statutory maximum - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) s135, s135A - Wrongs Act 1958 (No 6420) s26(1).

Accident compensation - Worker - Serious injury - Common law proceeding for damages - Whether determination of serious injury a precondition to commencement of common law proceeding - What constitutes a determination of degree of impairment - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) s135A.

Accident compensation - Worker - Redundancy payment - Weekly payments - Period of entitlement - Period of non-entitlement - Whether period of entitlement to weekly payments suspended during period of non-entitlement - Whether period of entitlement co-terminous with period of non-entitlement - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) s82, s93, s93A, s93B, s96.

Accident compensation - Worker - Serious injury - Common law proceeding for damages - Whether determination of serious injury a precondition to commencement of common law proceeding - What constitutes a determination of degree of impairment - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No. 10191) ss. 93B 135A.

Accident compensation - Worker - Whether claimant a "worker" - Decision of appeals board - Application to County Court - Onus of proof - Appeal - Appeal to Court of Appeal - Question of law - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No. 10191) ss. 52 118 119 121.

Employer and employee - Independent contractor - Servant - Factors relevant in distinguishing between servant and independent contractor.

Accident compensation - Worker - Damages - Assessment - Multiple claims - Global sum apportioned among separate claims - Whether permissible method of assessment - Contributory negligence - Plaintiff's inadvertence, inattention or misjudgment - Plaintiff's status as leading hand - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No. 10191) s. 135.