A tribunal's Full Bench is not obliged to hear oral submissions on a notice of alternate contention where it has received written submissions; the decision whether to hear oral submissions is discretionary. The question of whether a deduction for pre-existing impairment should be made from a WPI assessment following a total knee replacement under s 21(3) of the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA) remains unresolved and was left for determination on remittal.
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