7 Mar 1995
Sutcliffe v Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation
- Citation
- [1995] NZACC 20
- Court
- District Court
The judge held that 'personal injury' refers to the physical injury (deafness) and that Dr Lindsay treated the appellant for deafness in August 1984; therefore s.7(5)(a) fixed the date of the personal injury as 1984, predating the 1992 Act, entitling the appellant to lump sum compensation under the earlier Act and requiring revocation of the Corporation's decision.