29 May 2015
Chapman v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 128
- Court
- District Court
Dr Kelman's VIMA was fundamentally flawed because it failed to address key functional requirements of individual work types (notably the frequency of sitting) and applied inconsistent reasoning across work types; those defects undermined the assessment's credibility and justified quashing the review decision and setting aside the Corporation's vocational independence decision.