In re C (Deceased) - [1947] NZLR 206

Workers' Compensation — Apportionment of Compensation — Total and Partial Dependants — Principles Applicable to Apportionment — Total Dependency Four-year-limit Rule — Whether Applicable to Partial Dependants — Illegitimate Children inadequately maintained in Deceased's Lifetime — Whether a Factor to be Considered — Rules on Distribution of Intestate Estates — Irrelevant to Apportionment of Compensation — "Dependant" — Worker's Compensation Act, 1922, ss 4 (1) (a) (b), 31.