Assessments of the level of nervous shock and reductions for contributory behaviour under the Criminal Offence Victims Act 1995 (Qld) are essentially discretionary matters, and leave to appeal will not be granted absent an identified error of principle, statutory ambiguity, or manifest injustice. The absence of physical injury makes the appropriate award very much affected by the impression obtained by the trial judge.
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