18 Aug 2010
Brennan v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2010] NZACC 129
- Court
- District Court
Clause 19(3)(i) should be read as applying to the particular injury for which assistance was provided and does not create an absolute bar to assistance following a later or materially different injury; ACC's December 2008 decision was based on a restrictive interpretation and failed to consider the claimant's new injury, so it was made on a wrong principle and must be quashed and remitted for a fresh clause 18 assessment in light of the new injury.