Logie v Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited - [1945] NZLR 388

Workers' Compensation — Jurisdiction — Commutation of Weekly Payments for Lump Sum — Effect on Right of Action at Common Law — Whether such Commutation authorized by s 62 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1938 — "Agreement for a weekly payment of compensation" — Whether mere Voluntary Payments of Weekly Compensation constitute such an "Agreement" so as to give Compensation Court Jurisdiction for such Commutation — Whether Worker receiving Lump Sum under Order for Commutation precluded from maintaining Action for Damages at Common Law — "Judgment has been recovered" — Workers' Compensation Act, 1922, ss 29, 49 (4) — Statutes Amendment Act, 1938, s 62.