29 Apr 2016
The Court preferred Dr Collier's assessment over Dr Codyre's, finding insufficient evidence that the DSM-IV-TR criteria for PTSD (notably re-experiencing and avoidance) were met arising from the 1 October 2009 incident; therefore no mental injury as defined by the Act was established and cover under s21B was not available, so the appeal was dismissed.
19 Dec 2014
The application for leave was dismissed because no question of law capable of bona fide and serious argument was shown; Judge Beattie correctly applied s21B as an objective test, properly relied on expert evidence (Dr Reeves) and the ACC guidelines, and found the applicant's PTSD resulted from multiple distressing policing events in 2008–2009 rather than the single 4 September 2007 incident.
23 May 2014
The appeal is dismissed because the medical evidence is conflicted and flawed, there is no single clear diagnosis established on the balance of probabilities and insufficient evidence that the 14 February 2010 incident predominantly caused a mental injury that could reasonably be expected to affect people generally under s21B; the reviewer's direction for further specialist psychiatric assessment is therefore upheld.