9 May 1995
Layton v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1995] NZACC 53
- Court
- District Court
The Corporation was wrong in law to treat the computer as capable of being provided only under social rehabilitation (s26) when the same multi-purpose aid could legitimately be considered under vocational rehabilitation (s22); however the assistance actually provided was sufficient to meet the social rehabilitation need, so the decision is set aside insofar as based on wrong reasoning but confirmed in effect because the subsidy compensated for the writing disability, and the Corporation must consider vocational rehabilitation under ss22-23 if the appellant seeks it and the statutory tests (ne…