In serious injury leave applications under s.93(4) of the Transport Accident Act 1986, the adequacy of the trial judge's reasons must be assessed having regard to the nature of the proceeding, which involves elements of fact, degree and value judgment and has an element of a summary process. A judgment that summarises the evidence, refers to the principal relevant facts and states the ultimate conclusion will ordinarily be adequate, and need not canvass matters with the same degree of particularity as a judgment at trial.
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