[2022] NZACC 156 – Chalmers v ACC (16 August 2022) [pdf, 262 KB]
...That is an interpretation that we consider, as did the Court in Childs v Hillock, best captures Parliament's intent in the context of a scheme which is underpinned by the concept of “personal injury by accident” and which does not provide universal compensation for sickness or ill-health. So, for example, side effects of chemotherapy of a nature and severity that are encountered reasonably often and occasion no surprise are ordinary consequences of that chemotherapy even if...