New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Capacity for work determination

Legal area

Court

4 Sept 2007

Cranshaw v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2007] NZACC 207
Court

District Court

The reviewer and the Court correctly held there was no reviewable IRP in 2002 and that the March 2002 capacity for work decision, having been confirmed on review and appeal, subsumed earlier administrative actions; further, referral to the work capacity assessment is not a 'decision' reviewable under the Act, therefore the reviewer had no jurisdiction and the appeal must be dismissed.
22 Dec 2005

Peacock v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2005] NZACC 370
Court

District Court

ACC had fulfilled its statutory vocational rehabilitation obligations under the Act; the decision to decline funding for Early Childhood Education was a proper exercise of discretion given the appellant’s transferable skills and rehabilitation history; referral to the Work Capacity Assessment Procedure was not premature and the Occupational and Medical assessments validly established Capacity for Work in specified employment types; accordingly the appeals are dismissed.