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High Court Wellington
11 April; 2 May 1960
Barrowclough C.J.
11 April; 2 May 1960
Barrowclough C.J.
Negligence — Contributory Negligence — Workers' compensation payments (if any) to be deducted from gross damages and balance only reduced to extent required by finding of contributory negligence — Contributory Negligence Act 1947, s. 3 (1)
Workers' compensation — Deduction of compensation payments from damages awarded — Such deduction to be made before calculating reduction of damages in respect of contributory negligence — Workers' Compensation Act 1956, s. 124 (3).