Open AccessPregnancy Following Failed Sterilisation Under the Accident Compensation Scheme
Author(s) -
Yasmin Moinfar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v40i4.5251
Subject(s) - compensation (psychology) , appeal , accident (philosophy) , scheme (mathematics) , law , engineering , political science , psychology , social psychology , mathematics , philosophy , mathematical analysis , epistemology
This paper analyses the approach that is taken in New Zealand in determining coverage for pregnancies following failed sterilisations under the accident compensation scheme. The approach adopted in the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in ACC v D is criticised and an alternative approach for determining whether such claims ought to be within the accident compensation scheme is suggested.