Crisp v Accident Compensation Corporation [2025] NZACC 123 [pdf, 163 KB]
...other than in a manner specified by the Corporation. [31] In Medwed,11 Ongley DCJ stated: The scheme of the Act also requires a claimant to make an application for cover. The obligation rests on the claimant. A case manager could well have a responsibility to advise a claimant who needed to make a separate cover claim. The Corporation could invite a claimant to lodge a claim, but there is no obligation on the Corporation, in the absence of a claim, to carry out investigations in c...