19 Sept 2014
Because Dr Reeves, an experienced assessor who had previously assessed the appellant, conducted a thorough reassessment, considered Ms Glyn's report and there was no effective challenge to her findings, the Court upheld the Corporation's 24 July 2012 decision assessing whole person impairment at 13%.
15 Jul 2011
The appeal is dismissed because the appellant failed to provide credible, compelling expert evidence demonstrating that Dr Collier's AMA4-based impairment assessment was flawed or failed to take into account relevant factors; ACC followed the statutory/regulatory assessment process and the assessment was peer reviewed and reliable.
22 Mar 2005
Court held s.441(3)(d) imposed an obligation to reassess claimants assessed under the old regime regardless of a contemporaneous medical certificate of change; clauses 60 and 61 govern assessment methodology not the statutory obligation created by s.441(3)(d); alternatively respondent had medical certification indicating deterioration; accordingly respondent was entitled to require reassessment and the substantive appeal was dismissed. The Reviewer’s refusal to award costs was quashed for lack of reasons and the parties were ordered to file a memorandum on a fair sum for costs of the review h…