chore(error): improve error handling to include message from cause of error

[iainsproat]

Description & motivation

• the error message was not sufficiently verbose to allow a function creator to resolve the issue.
• resolves an issue with yarn test --cover due to transient imports

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• [ ] My pull request follows the guidelines in the Contributing guide?
• [ ] My pull request does not duplicate any other open Pull Requests for the same update/change?
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• [ ] My code follows a similar style to existing code.
• [ ] I have added appropriate tests.
• [ ] I have updated or added relevant documentation.

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