Accident compensation - Workers compensation - Injury arising out of or in the course of employment - Apprentice worker - Injury occurring while the worker attended a school as an apprentice - Damages - Damages for pecuniary loss - Statutory prohibition on damages for pecuniary loss - Exceptions to statutory prohibition - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No. 10191) ss. 83(2) 135(1).

Precedent - Court of Appeal - Full Court - Whether Court of Appeal is bound by a decision of its own or the Full Court.

Accident compensation - Workers compensation - Injury arising out of or in the course of employment - Serious injury - Common law damages entitlement - Procedural restrictions enacted in 2000 - Whether restrictions applicable to whistleblower's statutory reprisal action against employer - Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) s 134AB - Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 (No 36) s 19

Tort - Whistleblowers protection - Protected notification - Detrimental action - Employer and employee - Alleged reprisal - Statutory reprisal action against employer and fellow employee - Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 (No 36) s 19