25 Nov 2003
Neilson v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2003] NZACC 299
- Court
- District Court
The appeal is allowed because the medical assessment was fundamentally defective: the medical assessor did not have or consider the updated occupational assessor's report as required by s100(1)(d), and the occupations relied on were improperly characterized such that the assessment could not establish a lawful capacity for work; consequently the decision determining loss of weekly compensation could not stand.