Royal Oak Hotel Limited v Bertie - [1954] NZLR 1161

Workers' Compensation — Assessment of Compensation — Incapacity — Worker, aged Eighty-four Years — Residual Incapacity attributable to Accident — Suitable Employment not Available — No Jurisdiction to make Order diminishing Weekly Payments — Lump-sum Payment — Commutation at Rate appropriate to Partial Incapacity resulting from Accident — Supervening Incapacity due to Worker's Age to be disregarded — Second Schedule not involved — Expectancy of Worker's Life to be taken into Account in commuting Lump Sum — Workers' Compensation Act, 1922, s 5 (3), (6) — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1943, s 3 (2) — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1945, s 6 (2), (3), (7) — Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1953, s 4 (1).