This article highlights aspects of the tort system of compensation for personal injury by comparing the provision made for workers under the state’s industrial injury scheme. Although lawyers are ever-present in tort claims, they are less involved in making applications under the scheme. Partly as a result, there is a stark contrast between the voluminous literature on the common law on the one hand, and the limited information about the statute-based workers’ compensation on the other. This article tries to redress the balance by bringing the industrial scheme back into the spotlight. Comparisons are made of respective entitlement and the value of compensation provided. A wide range of statistics is used to reveal the relative importance and practical effect of the two regimes. The enduring significance of the industrial scheme is revealed together with other findings which may surprise those familiar only with litigation at common law.

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工伤赔偿

本文通过比较国家工伤计划对工人的规定，突出了人身伤害赔偿侵权制度的各个方面。尽管律师经常参与侵权索赔，但他们较少参与根据该计划提出申请。部分原因是，一方面是关于普通法的大量文献，另一方面是关于基于法规的工人赔偿的有限信息之间存在鲜明对比。本文试图通过将工业计划重新置于聚光灯下来纠正这种平衡。对各自的权利和所提供的补偿价值进行了比较。大量的统计数据被用来揭示这两种制度的相对重要性和实际效果。