Beker v Accident Compensation Corporation Costs on Review and Weekly Compensation [2023] NZACC 12 [pdf, 272 KB]
...an independent medical assessment to “determine your incapacity and entitlements for the period 09/10/2007 – 10/02/2013 (date of vocational independence decision)”. [26] On 16 June 2017, following a medical case review by occupational and environmental medicine specialist David Hartshorn, ACC declined backdated weekly compensation on the grounds that it considered Mr Beker’s incapacity to be caused by a gradual process for which he did not have cover, rather than as a result...