greg, on 05 August 2014 - 09:37 PM, said:
and argument, 'because I am right and they are wrong'.
Had you chosen a common sense path and been honest at the start with ACC. you would not
have the court results , they you have achieved .
Many Claimants still have ERC. because of some decisions, usually not made by them ,
but have kept the ERC. today.
Abusing claimants as many do on this site , then we find out they have not followed the
more experienced advice by others , have lost big time.
Greg I think you will find that the origins of the conflict come from the ACC. I have always been fully cooperative and done exactly what ACC had told me as well as providing them additional information that the legislation requires even though the ACC did not particularly want that information. The problem is that the ACC are not accustomed to very many self-employed person or maybe they even choose to ignore that reality. It is not my problem that the ACC had a nationwide policy of employing incompetent people. This is confirmed by their own admission in court under oath to the extent that they received no formal training in case management and don't even come from apparently qualified background. You will find a disproportionately high number of case managers that have degrees in psychology or a schoolteachers or example such as that.
The courts have determined that "commonsense" has no place within the ACC legislation as the legislation requires criteria To be fulfilled based on independent qualified information. The ACC have struggled very hard keep the concept of criteria And precise qualified information out of the ACC process.
Your suggestion that we should be complacently accepting of the status quo Can only ultimately result in a spiralling down of entitlements until the ACC scheme collapses completely. The scheme is only as good as those who monitor the quality control of and in the absence of the ACC qualifying and qualifying their own staff mean that we the end user must do it for them by way of judicial force.It is the proper thing to do.
Right from the start of my claim the ACC only offered me approximately half ERC that they were required by law to pay. They failed to participate in any aspect of my rehabilitation and in particular surgery. This was at a stage when I was in highly placed on and capitulated to everything.Those who promote negotiated settlement at boiling things for the rest of us as it is only a free ticket for the ACC to secure discounts of their liability.
The mature elders of the site promote compliance with legislation and integrity of information. Greg I cannot understand how you are promoting something less than that.