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Injured dog walker overturns ruling on High Court test

A worker who was on "availability duty" when he tripped and broke his leg, while walking his dog, was "doing what he was paid to do when he was injured", a full supreme court has ruled, noting previous judgments - both for and against the worker - unnecessarily applied the High Court test for interval injuries.


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