24 Oct 2012
Pai-Waipouri v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2012] NZACC 349
- Court
- District Court
The court found that although the appointment requirements were reasonable, the appellant's non-attendance on 30 May and 1 June 2011 was excusable given eviction, mental and physical health problems and accumulated life stressors; those circumstances were exceptional and made it inequitable to refuse backdated weekly compensation; both appeals were allowed and the Corporation was ordered to fill the payment gap between suspension and reinstatement.
- Suspension of weekly compensation
- Reinstatement and backdating of payments
- Failure to attend appointments
- S117 discretion to decline entitlements
- Exceptional circumstances
- Non-publication