Transport Accident Commission v Katanas

Accident compensation – Transport accident – Statutory compensation scheme – Where respondent involved in motor vehicle accident and subsequently suffered mental disorder or disturbance – Where mental disorder or disturbance required to be "severe" to allow bringing of common law proceedings – Where respondent did not require inpatient psychiatric treatment – Where respondent found not to have suffered symptoms of psychological trauma at upper echelon of range – Whether severity of mental disorder or disturbance assessed only by reference to extent of treatment – Whether narrative test laid down in Humphries v Poljak [1992] 2 VR 129 followed by Court of Appeal.

Words and phrases – "mental disturbance or disorder", "narrative test", "range or spectrum of comparable cases", "serious injury", "severe", "symptoms and consequences".

Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) – s 93.