A Presidential member of the Workers Compensation Commission conducting a review under s 352(5) is not required to identify an error of law or any specific error to intervene; the review power extends to factual findings and inferences. Cage Developments v Schubert does not require any particular methodology for quantifying a worker's earnings from a business — the circumstances of the particular case will indicate what approaches are open. Section 354 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 (NSW) frees the Commission from principles of evidence and procedure that would otherwise apply, including the practical approach to burden of proof described in Hampton Court Ltd v Crooks.
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