New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Reasonableness of refusal

Legal area

Court

29 Feb 2016

Harris v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2016] NZACC 51
Court

District Court

The Corporation had adequately addressed the claimant's requests (including undertaking an updated IMA), the IMA author confirmed the Work Readiness Programme was medically suitable, and the claimant's deliberate non-attendance was an unreasonable failure to participate in rehabilitation or implement her IRP; suspension of weekly compensation under s117(3) was therefore lawful and must be upheld.
26 Jul 2001

McNicol v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2001] NZACC 204
Court

District Court

The reviewer lacked jurisdiction to direct the appellant to comply with his rehabilitation plan or to state that suspension would follow; findings as to failure/refusal or reasonableness were not properly determined by the reviewer and therefore should not be relied upon by the respondent.