30 Aug 1999
White v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance,Corporation
- Citation
- [1999] NZACC 244
- Court
- District Court
The court followed binding High Court precedent holding that prior lump-sum impairment percentages are to be deducted from the assessed whole-person impairment; if the remaining percentage is below the statutory 10% threshold in s54(1) no entitlement to an independence allowance arises.