16 Oct 2003
Barnett v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2003] NZACC 255
- Court
- District Court
Considering the contemporaneous documentation (Oldham referral, appellant's submissions and declaration, correspondence noting identical medication, and the subsequent 24 September 1976 notes), the Court was satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the 3 September 1976 clinical notes were authored by Dr McCallum and recorded a prescription for benzodiazepines; accordingly the Benzodiazepines accident date is 3 September 1976 and the appeal must be allowed and the reviewer's decision quashed.