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Judgment date
Case number
S162/2003
Before
McHugh ACJ, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Heydon JJ
Catchwords
Criminal law – Victims compensation - Shock - When compensable - Eligibility for compensation only if victim suffers "symptoms and disability" - Whether "and" conjunctive or disjunctive.
Statutes – Interpretation - "Symptoms and disability" - Whether "and" conjunctive or disjunctive.
Words and phrases – "and".
Victims Support and Rehabilitation Act 1996 (NSW) – Sched 1, cl 5(a).