MSD faked names and signatures in benefit reviewsSTUFF Chief executive Brendan Boyle said the ministry was considering its legal position. GRANT MATTHEW/STUFF Solicitor-General Una Jagose, QC, has been asked to consider the use of false names and signatures on benefit review decisions. The appeal authority has referred it to Solicitor-General Una Jagose​, QC. The ministry did that for all hearings relating to people whose cases were dealt with by the ministry's "remote client unit" which itself used false names. The appeal authority decision of its chairman Grant Pearson and member Charles Joe, said that was how the authority learned the names and signatures were false.

Source: Stuff September 20, 2017 05:37 UTC