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Article summary
The Court of Appeal have criticised a trial judge who failed to give sufficient consideration to the issue of causation and specifically the impact of the claimant's marital breakdown on his stress at work claim. Overturning the first instance decision to limit the claimant's earnings to one year post accident the Court of Appeal have instead stated the claimant would have continued working until retirement but for his mental breakdown caused by stress at work.
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