11 Mar 1998
Owen v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1998] NZACC 40
- Court
- District Court
Where no Individual Rehabilitation Programme had been prepared or put to the claimant and no specific requirement under the Act was imposed, the respondent could not lawfully treat the claimant as having unreasonably refused to agree to an IRP and cancel entitlements under s73(2); the appellant's explanation that an IRP was unnecessary was reasonable and termination was unlawful, requiring reinstatement of weekly compensation.