21 Oct 2014
O'Reilly v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2014] NZACC 269
- Court
- District Court
No extenuating circumstances were established under s135 because contemporaneous communications and actions show the appellant was able to seek review within three months, could have obtained advocacy, and medical events outside the prescribed period do not satisfy the statutory test; therefore the decision to decline the late review application was correct and the court lacked jurisdiction to consider the substantive vocational independence decision.