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| board of referees |
weight of statements |
hearsay |
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Summary:
The case law has clearly established that Boards may accept hearsay evidence. In accepting that evidence however, the Board must respect the rules of natural justice, which means that claimant be given an opportunity to comment on and contradict that evidence.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| umpires |
grounds of appeal |
capricious finding |
req'd |
Summary:
Before the Board's decision will be set aside, there must be no evidence on which the decision could have been based, a complete disregard of the relevant and credible evidence, or a perverse decision in the sense that no reasonable Board could have come to the conclusion it did.
