5 Mar 2004
Hutchen v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2004] NZACC 34
- Court
- District Court
The appeal is dismissed because the July 27, 2001 decision corrected a calculation but did not reopen eligibility for earlier periods; written application requirements under the attendant care and CPI regime mean entitlement and backdating can only arise from the date of a written request (first made 4 November 1998), and the December 1994 and April 1995 assessments, unchallenged at the time, are final and cannot be revisited to create a retrospective right to 24‑hour care.