Chalecki v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 12 [pdf, 282 KB]
...being debt free to having a $20,000 loan from a bank and owing his parents $10,000. He also had a lot of ongoing costs associated with the farming venture which would not have been incurred if he had been 100 per cent physically able. [24] A file note from a rehabilitation officer dated 3 May 1993 stated that Mr Chalecki had been informed on 15 May 1992 that a grant in the region of $5,000 would be considered on receipt of “quotes and evidence of increased independence”. A...