18 Dec 2015
Cadenhead v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 392
- Court
- District Court
Contemporaneous financial records and Inland Revenue returns established the partnership operated at a loss and the appellant had no earnings as a self-employed person immediately before incapacity; contemporaneous notes showed he worked part-time (<30 hours/week) and was not liable for the minimum levy; therefore s14 yields nil earnings and clauses 38 and 42 of Schedule 1 do not apply, entitling ACC to decline weekly compensation—appeal dismissed.
- Weekly compensation
- Self-employed earnings
- Minimum levy
- Interpretation of schedule 1 clauses 37-38 and 42
- Eligibility assessment