16 Sept 2014
R v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2014] NZACC 218
- Court
- District Court
The Court quashed the Corporation's and review decisions and substituted a 45% WPI payable from the date of certification because Dr Reeves' 2009 assessment was not a fresh independent assessment (having earlier peer-reviewed the quashed 2006 assessment), the higher specialist evidence from Dr Newburn provided clear and cogent reasons that the Reeves figure was significantly too low, apportionment deductions were unsupported, and remitting the matter would cause injustice and retraumatisation given the delay and sensitive nature of the claim.