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1. [2022] NZACC 25 - Howard v ACC (2 March 2022) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...GROUP LIMITED Second Respondent Hearing: 22 February 2022 Held at: Dunedin/Ōtepoti Appearances: P Sara for the appellant S Winter for second respondent Judgment: 2 March 2022 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for personal injury – ss 25-26, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 9 February 2018. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review of the decision of Alliance Gr...

2. Pue v Nga Hapu o Nga Ruahine Iwi Incorporated [2011] Maori Appellate Court MB 577 (2011 APPEAL 577) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...Crown cannot be bound by any such order and has not agreed to be so bound, there appears to be little point in embarking upon that exercise. [9] The Judge then considered whether the matter should be referred to mediation, but as no parties had requested mediation and a previous mediation was unsuccessful, the Judge determined that that was not a realistic option. Nor was there any purpose in holding another s 67 conference. Thus in Judge Clark’s view, the only available optio...

3. [2014] NZEMPC 113 Hayne v ASG [pdf, 112 KB]

   ...benefit from the guidance of a judgment. [2] The Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) heard and determined two personal grievances raised by ASG 1 against his employer, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago. 2 First, ASG claimed that his suspension from employment constituted an unjustified disadvantage. ASG’s second personal grievance was that the final written warning issued to him by the Vice-Chancellor was a further disadvantage incurred by him in his e...

4. [2022] NZACC 70 – Cuervo-Hernandez v ACC (3 May 2022) [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...Cuervo-Hernandez applied for a review of the decision. [14] On 14 October 2020, Dr Ng reported again and diagnosed the injury diagnosis as lumbar disc protrusion and annular tear. The same day he filed a medical certificate with an additional diagnosis request for an L5/S1 disc annular tear and protrusion. [15] On 15 December 2020, a review proceeded regarding both the August 2020 and September 2020 Corporation decisions. On 31 December 2020, the Reviewer issued a decision qua...

5. [2022] NZACC 133 – Thomson v ACC (13 July 2022) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...of Mr Thomson as to the substance of the appeal, and notes the following considerations. [28] First, this Court finds that the medical opinion of Dr Leathem, Neuropsychologist, is entitled to considerable weight. Her professional opinion was formed after an in-depth examination of Mr Thomson and after having read the notes and reports provided, including the CT scan report taken on the day of Mr Thomson’s accident. Dr Leathem concluded that any brain injury that Mr Thomson suf...

6. BX v DG & MX [2024] NZDT 378 (26 June 2024) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...horse, and had accompanied her to Q to view [the horse]. TT provided a written statement, in which she said that she had had some reservations about [the horse] because of his size, and because BX had had some health issues. However, [the horse] had performed well in the trial rides, and there was nothing to indicate any potential issues. She said that DG’s mother, who had been present, said that [the horse] had had no behavioural problems. TT stated that she had not been told that [the...

7. KN & TK v V Ltd [2025] NZDT 107 (20 March 2025) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...all of them have identified water coming from V Ltd’s property as the likely cause of the damage. 16. The engineer, BX from [Engineer Company], provided a written report for KN and TK. In the report BX says that aerial photos indicate that the former dwelling on V Ltd’s land (the brick stables) was built directly against the boundary with gutters that would have collected most rainwater falling in that area. He says that since the construction of the new townhouses, rainwater now run...

8. [2023] NZIACDT 4 – TC v MacLeod (7 February 2023) [pdf, 210 KB]

   ...application [6] On 14 April 2016, Mr MacLeod filed an entrepreneur residence application for the complainant, including his wife, son and daughter. [7] Immigration NZ sent a letter to the complainant on 27 May 2016 identifying a number of issues and requesting more information. In particular, it was noted that the business had not met the forecast annual turnover for the first two years. The third year forecast was stated to be $379,950. In his reply of 1 September 2016, Mr Mac...

9. LCRO 240/2013 TM v DC (8 May 2017) [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...A date was agreed for Monday 25 June 2012 which Ms DC states “had to be cancelled because Mr TM would not respond to phone calls or email”.12 Mr TM’s 8 June 2012 letter to Ms DC [26] On 8 June 2012 Mr TM sent Ms DC a letter in which he requested that she respond to 14 questions concerning her representation of him. [27] Ms DC’s reply on 20 June 2012 is largely contained in Mr TM’s complaint and Ms DC’s response to the complaint. The complaint [28] Mr TM’s compl...

10. J v Khetarpal [2015] NZIACDT 95 (05 November 2015) [pdf, 224 KB]

    ...New Zealand to consider regularising his situation. He paid a fee for her services; paying half immediately, with the balance due if she was successful. [2] The complainant believed the matter was progressing. However, Ms Khetarpal did not lodge a request with Immigration New Zealand. Ms Khetarpal later left the practice without filing the request. As a result, the Tribunal considered three potential breaches of professional standards. These were: [2.1] Ms Khetarpal failed to carry out...