Perkins v ACC [2013] NZACA 19 [pdf, 63 KB]
...interpretation should be guided by the words of the section read in the context of the Act. At page 5, Blair J considered discretion afforded under the section and said that compensation should not be scaled down because of the statutory minimum. The words permit the Commission to use some discretion in assessing compensation, and the Act envisages some cushioning, rather than full restitution in the common law sense. The same idea is given expression in the proviso to subs (1) wherein...