A Presidential member conducting a review under s 352 of the WIM Act cannot revoke an Arbitrator's decision solely on the basis that the Arbitrator gave inadequate reasons; the Presidential member must also decide that the Arbitrator's decision is not the true and correct decision. A party whose own counsel's objection substantially caused the termination of cross-examination on a topic cannot later claim denial of procedural fairness on the basis that the party was not given an opportunity to answer the case on that topic. In the Workers Compensation Commission, pre-hearing exchange of documents can satisfy the notice requirements of the rule in [name withheld] v [name withheld] for general issues in dispute, though not necessarily for specific credit-based submissions not apparent from the documents.
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