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IN THE DISTRICT COURT HELD AT HUNTLY

Decision No. 71 /2000

IN THE MATTER

of The Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992

AND
IN THE MATTER
of an Appeal pursuant to Section
152 of the Accident Insurance Act 1998

BETWEEN
DOROTHEA JONES
DCA 148/99 Appellant

AND
ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION
Respondent

HEARD on the 22nd day of March 2000

APPEARANCES:
Mr P M Hardie counsel for appellant
Mr S D Galloway counsel for respondent

RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE M J BEATTIE

The issue in this appeal is whether the respondent was correct to determine that the appellant had a capacity for work within the meaning of section 51 of the 1992 Act.
The facts as I find them, and which are relevant to the determination of this issue, are as follows.

The appellant is now aged 54. In early 1993 she was diagnosed as having Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome,