10 Jul 2014
Clapp v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2014] NZACC 165
- Court
- District Court
Leave to appeal was granted because the case raises a question of law of general importance: the required degree of causation or connection between physical injury and subsequent mental injury under s 26(1)(c) is unsettled and requires authoritative determination; mere temporal sequence is insufficient and the appropriate test (material/substantial contribution adapted for statutory context) should be resolved by the higher court.