Officers who had retired from the forces on a permanent disablement sought to appeal the assessment of the medical referee.
Held: The practitioner was to assess te degree of disability as at the appeal, not as at the date the officer gave notice to retire. There were clear indications in the regulations that the appeal to the medical referee was by way of a rehearing, because the decision appealed against was the decision of the force, and not from an independent person.
Judges:
Pill LJ, May LJ
Citations:
Times 25-May-2005, [2005] EWCA Civ 567, [2005] ICR 1282
Links:
Statutes:
Police Pensions Regulations 1987 (1987 No 257) H2
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Police
Updated: 29 August 2022; Ref: scu.226033