13 Jan 2009
LEE WAN YEUNG v. METRO WORLD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- LEE WAN YEUNG v. METRO WORLD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC577/2008
Insurer Kono's unilateral apportionment and delivery of cheques to the solicitor circumvented the mandatory s13 procedure requiring payment into court when the Commissioner had not made a determination; that conduct could not be treated as a valid settlement tender under the statutory scheme, therefore interest on the compensation was awarded from the date of the accident to payment into court at half judgment rate, but indemnity costs were refused because the wrongful conduct was pre-application insurer conduct and post-application conduct was not oppressive.