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Disentitlement for wilfully self-inflicted injury
  • 21 Oct 2014

    Singh v Accident Compensation Corporation

    Citation
    [2014] NZACC 272
    Court
    District Court

    Leave to appeal refused because the challenge did not raise a tenable, general question of law; the case turned on particular facts and established disentitling statutory provisions (s81 1992; s120 1998) prevented entitlement for wilfully self-inflicted injury such that the 1997 decision could not be impliedly revoked absent proof it was made in error, and the Corporation properly relied on s65 to revoke the 2008 entitlements.

    • Disentitlement for wilfully self-inflicted injury
    • Implied repeal
    • Revocation of entitlement under s65
    • Leave to appeal