Chapman v The King - [1943] NZLR 103

Workers' Compensation — Liability for Compensation — Worker seriously Injured — Compensation paid Weekly over Four Years — Offer of additional Lump-sum Compensation refused — Worker found to be working under Award Rates in excess of Pre-injury Wages — Offer withdrawn and £50 Offered in full Settlement — New Offer rejected — Jurisdiction — Declaration of Liability — Prima facie Evidence of regaining Pre-accident Earning-capacity — War-time Abnormal Demand for Labour considered — Workers' Compensation Act, 1922, s 28.