1 Oct 2007
Grey v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2007] NZACC 228
- Court
- District Court
The assessor's impairment assessment was set aside because, although trained in the Guides, the assessor lacked sufficient specialised expertise and provided insufficient analysis to distinguish injury-related neuropsychiatric impairment from pre-morbid behaviour; the specialised nature of the assessment required authoritative psychiatric/neuropsychological evaluation and cogent reasons, thus the matter is remitted for a new assessment by a different assessor with suitable psychiatric or neuropsychological qualifications.