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1. LCRO 136/2023 QT v MZ (8 January 2024) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...[100] The dictionary meaning is to make a complaint without sufficient grounds for the purpose of causing annoyance. The legal meaning, in short, is to make a complaint without sufficient grounds that has the effect of causing annoyance. [101] As stated in P v H:8 [9] In Dyson v Attorney-General [1911] 1 KB 410, 418 (CA), Fletcher Moulton LJ was considering the power of the Court to strike out an action as vexatious and observed that: The Court has a right to stop an action a...

2. Outcomes for Mentally Impaired Persons June 2023 [xlsx, 97 KB]

   ...Male 94 102 85 153 139 145 120 172 159 165 84% 85% 76% 84% 79% 82% 81% 81% 86% 88% Unknown 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Ethnicity European 58 69 44 83 80 72 76 75 79 68 52% 58% 39% 46% 46% 41% 51% 35% 43% 36% Māori 39 40 50 67 76 73 59 115 88 101 35% 33% 45% 37% 43% 41% 40% 54% 48% 54% Pacific Peoples 14 9 18 18 19 22 18 26 15 16 13% 8% 16% 10% 11% 12% 12% 12% 8% 9% Asian 6 4 3 11 7 6 4 2 4 8 5% 3% 3% 6% 4% 3% 3% 1% 2% 4% Other 1 1 0 7 5 7 1 6 4 4 1% 1% 0% 4% 3% 4%...

3. LCRO 57/2021 FC v HS, FM and QP (8 September 2023) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...being reluctant to permit her to use her own interpreter nor responded to the evidence adduced by the respondents supporting the general proposition that they translated what they were asked to translate when they were asked to translate it. [101] I find that Ms FC’s complaint in this ground is not made out. 17 [102] The last aspect that is capable of standing independently of the fees complaint is the allegation of “unnecessary work”. There are three elements to this asp...

4. [2023] NZREADT 32 UM v REAA (3 November 2023) [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...29 Commissioner of Police v Andrews [2015] NZHC 745. 30 At [70]. 31 McGuire v Secretary for Justice [2018] NZSC 116, [2019] 1 NZLR 335 at [55]–[56] and [88]. 32 Appellant’s submissions (18 October 2023) at [141]. 20 ORDERS [101] Mr Gow is: 1. Censured. 2. Ordered to pay a fine of $1,500 to the Authority within one month of this decision. [102] Pursuant to s 113 of the Act, the Tribunal draws the parties’ attention to s 116, setting out the right of appeal t...

5. IPT-Annual-Report 2022 -2023 [pdf, 416 KB]

   ...June 2015 30 June 2016 30 June 2017 30 June 2018 30 June 2019 30 June 2020 30 June 2021 30 June 2022 30 June 2023 Tribunal Average (days) 247 228 208 201 175 175 274 353 194 226 187 Residence 240 134 173 116 60 101 76 98 32 76 82 Deportation (Non-resident) 228 230 184 127 90 89 121 141 76 131 133 Refugee and Protection 329 248 215 159 137 98 142 162 79 173 142 Deportation (Resident) 425 425 361 500 574 481 604 856 951 85...

6. Tatana v Accident Compensation Corporation [2025] NZACC 52 (26 March 2025) [pdf, 284 KB]

   ...Ms Tatana was described as holding a baby and lunging forward to pick up another baby and hitting the left knee on a toy frame. In the various medical reports, there was a degree of 18 Parish v Accident Compensation Corporation [2024] NZACC 101. In this decision Henare DCJ considered causation in the application of the s 26 exclusion. Her Honour stated at [48]: “The answer in individual cases depends on the degree of degeneration and the degree of injury, including the force in...

7. NZCVS 2024 Cycle 7 Sexual violence and family offences [xlsx, 83 KB]

   ...https://www.washingtongroup-disability.com/question-sets/wg-short-set-on-functioning-wg-ss/ 1 Sheet 1: Sexual assault offences Counts (+ 95% CI) 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Pooled 000s 000s 000s 000s 000s 000s 000s Prevalence (Number of victims) 80 (62-98) 71 (55-87) 84 (66-101) 81 (55-107) 76 (56-96) 90 (70-110) 82 (74-91) Incidence (Number of offences) 167 (126-209) 169 (117-222) 200 (131-268) 290 (76-505) # 193 (136-2...

8. [2024] NZSAAA 1 (20 September 2024) [pdf, 771 KB]

   ...27 part by any mistake or error by the Ministry and, due to the large ACC compensation payment the Appellant received in 2022, the Appellant is likely to be in a financial position to repay the debt, at least on an instalment basis. [101] In making this finding, I do acknowledge that the Appellant is unwell, and the Ministry’s reassessment of her Student Allowance entitlement and potential pursuit of this debt has caused her stress and anxiety and may have exacerbated her...

9. Tautari - Succession to David Hugh Peters (2024) 275 Taitokerau MB 263 (275 TTK 263) [pdf, 395 KB]

   ...Recognition of Alyse as a whāngai does not need to affect the ownership of David’s Māori land interests, as pursuant to s 116 of the Act, a Court may provide for those rights where there is no descent relationship. 275 Taitokerau MB 284 [101] As with Ms Hart, David has sought to provide Alyse with a right to occupy the building on Oriwa 1B1 and “free use” of his Oriwa shares. [102] I have already determined that the building was not a principal family home, so s 116(1...

10. [2025] NZREADT 08 - OQ v Knowles & Maclean (21 March 2025) [pdf, 327 KB]

    ...compensate OQ for the entirety of her loss. [80] Counsel for the licensees submits that a 15 per cent reduction in the damages payable to OQ is appropriate when considering her contribution to the loss. They submit that this leaves a loss of $35, 101.64. The Authority [81] The Authority submits that as both parties have accepted the finding of unsatisfactory conduct, the primary task for the Tribunal is to assess what loss (or part of the loss) was “by reason of” the unsatisfa...