24 Apr 2012
Bartle v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2012] NZACC 137
- Court
- District Court
Leave to appeal was granted only on the narrow legal question whether the deemed review decision's scope should be construed more widely than 'lithium toxicity' and whether the proper construction requires Superior Court determination; other grounds, including that a deemed decision automatically confers entitlements such as backdated weekly compensation, were rejected because deemed decisions do not dispense with statutory preconditions for entitlements and the matter involved factual and evidential inquiries.