McKenna v British Shoes Limited - [1955] NZLR 620

Workers' Compensation — Assessment of Compensation — Worker suffering from Dermatitis and forced to take Other Employment — Partial Incapacity — Compensation for Loss of Earnings — Compensation when based on Pre-accident Average Weekly Earnings — Calculations necessitated by Periodical Increases in Minimum Weekly Wage — Nominal Award for Permanent Partial Incapacity — Workers' Compensation Act, 1922, s 5 (6) — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1936, s 7 (5A) — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1953, ss 4, 7 (1).