2 Jul 2019
GASKIN v ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION [2019] NZHC 1530
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1530
- Court
- High Court
On the facts the sequence of occupational and medical assessments, together with branch medical adviser sign-off, provided a sufficient and objectively reasonable basis in mid-2015 for ACC to conclude the claimant was likely to achieve vocational independence under s 110(3)(a); the Act does not require a strict two-step sequential assessment under s 86 and ACC's vocational rehabilitation processes were adequate; District Court's dismissal of the appeal was upheld.