| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| parental benefits |
maximum payable |
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Summary:
Original birth date was to be 4-01-2001 but due to complications, an emergency caesarean section had to be held on 30-12-2000. Claimant entitled to 10 weeks of parental benefits rather than the 35 weeks according to the Budget Implementation Act, 2000. While highly sympathetic, the appeal was dismissed by umpire: any court has a duty to apply the law as it perceives it and not to ignore the plain meaning of the legislation it is called upon to deal with.
