12 Oct 2011
ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION V JULIE LANGHORNE HC AK CIV 2011-404-415
- Citation
- openlaw-12694d8d_d7cf_474e_978e_7fb643a6e34d.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the Appeal Authority erred in law by concluding the 1982 Act precluded ACC from being present and heard at reviews; ACC may be permitted to participate where the review officer, exercising powers imported from the Commissions of Inquiry Act, determines ACC has a sufficient interest to appear and be heard. The Court dismissed the challenge to the Appeal Authority's substantive compensation calculation and affirmed the Appeal Authority's determination of relevant earnings at $150/week based on the reliable short-term records and the insufficiency of ACC's speculative recalcu…