10 Nov 1997
Pratt v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1997] NZACC 226
- Court
- District Court
Dismissal based on (1) no evidential link that the suspected tumour was accident-related so s.27 did not authorize payment and (2) even if accident-related payment was barred because mandatory prior approval under the Specialists Costs Regulations (reg 5(a)) was not obtained, and precedents confirm no discretion to override that requirement.