19 Dec 2014
Poihegatama v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2014] NZACC 333
- Court
- District Court
The assessor's report was flawed on at least one substantive ground (diagnosis and medication), therefore the Corporation's decision based on that assessment is set aside; the appropriate remedy is either reconsideration by the assessor with corrected diagnosis or reassessment by a different approved assessor as offered by ACC, with a deadline for the appellant to accept those options and, failing acceptance, a direction for reassessment by a new assessor.