Pearce v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs on Appeal) [2025] NZACC 2 (6 January 2025) [pdf, 157 KB]
...specialist report. Mr Burger identified several errors in the review decision and recommended that an independent medical advisor be asked for comment. On 9 July 2024, medical evidence was obtained from Dr Michael Austen, an Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physician. Mr Burger then reviewed Dr Austen’s evidence and provided a further report in favour of Mr Pearce being granted cover and surgery funding to treat his post- traumatic osteoarthritis of the left knee. [5]...