The claimant had been denied benefits above the MIG limits and further IRBs. The Tribunal dismissed her application based on the medical evidence and based on a two day teleconference hearing. The claimant argued that a teleconference hearing was a breach of procedural fairness; that she was not aware the MIG would be addressed in the hearing; that the Tribunal failed to evaluate the medical evidence properly; and that the Tribunal violated the rule in Browne v. Dunn regarding the credibility of one of the claimant’s assessors. The Court declined to overturn the Tribunal’s decision and dismissed all of the grounds referred to by the claimant. The Court held that the claimant failed to request an audio recording of the hearing (which is required within 14 days of the hearing), and that without such evidence, the Court could not determine what transpired at the hearing. The Court held that the claimant should have known the MIG was in dispute by reason of her arguments seeking benefits above the MIG limits. The Court held that the Tribunal was entitled to rely upon the medical evidence it had before it, and to assign weight to different opinions as it saw fit. Finally, the Court noted that the rule in Browne v. Dunn did not apply to the Tribunal, and that even if it did, the parties could have addressed the issues with one doctor’s credibility in their written submissions.
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