Decision 14326

Case Number Claimant Judge Language Decision date
Decision 14326   Jerome  English 1987-11-03
Decision Appealed Appellant Corresponding Case
Allowed  No N/A  -


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
antedate  health reasons 

Summary:

The Board found claimant has not proven that he was incapable of notifying Commission in person, by telephone or by wife or friend. This is the wrong test. Literacy extremely limited. All claimant had to show was that he acted reasonably.


Issue: Sub-Issue 1: Sub-Issue 2: Sub-Issue 3:
antedate  rationale 

Summary:

The principle behind antedating is that Parliament has no interest in preventing people on purely technical grounds, from receiving benefits to which they are otherwise legitimately entitled.


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