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Parties ordered to bear their own appeal expenses as the issue of multiple existing homes was novel.
The appellant sought the costs of an appeal regarding a claim for home modifications under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.
The insurer sought its legal expenses on the basis that the law was well settled.
The Director's Delegate found that the issue of whether an insured can have multiple 'existing homes' was novel, as it was the first case to apply that principle to a given factual situation.
Accordingly, the parties were ordered to bear their own legal expenses of the appeal.
