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1. IPT Practice Note 4/2023 Deportation Non-Resident [pdf, 384 KB]

   ...discretion, order the reduction, or removal altogether, of the period of prohibition on entry to New Zealand — section 215(1). NB: A reduction or removal of the period of prohibition remains subject to the repayment of any debt to the Crown for the costs of deportation, unless the Tribunal orders otherwise — sections 215(2) and 180(1). (c) decline the appeal and, if it considers it necessary for the appellant to remain in New Zealand for “the purposes of getting their affa...

2. Brown v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover Issues) [2023] NZACC 23 [pdf, 280 KB]

   ...request for elective surgery funding to remedy the injury, is reversed. Likewise, in respect of Appeal ACR 119/21, ACC’s decision of 21 April 2020 declining cover for L4/5 disc protrusion, is also reversed. [107] Should there be any issue as to costs, Counsel have leave to file memoranda in respect thereof. CJ McGuire District Court Judge Solicitors: Young Hunter, Christchurch Peter Sara, Barrister & Solicitor, Dunedin

3. LCRO 121/2023 AI v HR (12 December 2023) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...lawyer acting on the sale of Property A, two payments were made on 10 July 2017, of: (a) $250,295.89 to repay a mortgage to Bank A, this payment being made through the vendor trust’s “025” bank account; and (b) $1,513.25 to pay the lawyer’s costs on the sale, this payment being directly from the lawyer’s trust account, leaving a net sum of $241,111.15 for distribution. [93] Of the net sum of $241,111.15 available for distribution: (a) $114,106.00 was paid to the [lender t...

4. FN v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Entitlements) [2023] NZACC 199 [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...is supported by sufficient evidence both at the time it was made and in the period since. Conclusion [63] For the above reasons, the appeal is allowed, and the review decision of 10 April 2018 is set aside. [64] I make no order as to costs. 22 Suppression [65] I consider it is necessary and appropriate to protect the privacy of the appellant. This order, made under s 160(1) of the Accident Compensation Act 2001, forbids publication of the name, address, occupatio...

5. Feaver v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work-Related Personal Injury) [2023] NZACC 210 [pdf, 438 KB]

   ...nature of the work, the risk of suffering personal injury is significantly greater for a person in the appellant’s cohort who performs the employment task than for persons who do not perform it. [107] Accordingly, the appeal is allowed. [108] Costs are reserved. CJ McGuire District Court Judge Solicitors: Mr P Sara, Barrister & Solicitor, Dunedin Mr S Winter, ACCE, Christchurch

6. LCRO 109/2023 W and F JM v EB and MK [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...caveat was lodged to cause embarrassment, distress and inconvenience to the applicants’ reputations, interests and occupation. [25] They cited particulars as follows: Our affidavits record CF shouting, “he would blacken our name”. It cost us a lot of money [we employed a lawyer (QA) and a QC now KC (VR) who prepared the necessary affidavits (all sent previously to you). Two [business] families doing a legitimate documented [property] sale were threatened by the caveat proce...

7. Stryder v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2024] NZACC 68 [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...analysis and is satisfied on the evidence, that the Corporation has correctly calculated Mr Stryder’s backdated weekly compensation and his ongoing weekly compensation. [72] Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. [73] There is no issue as to costs. Judge D L Henare District Court Judge Solicitors: Shine Lawyers NZ Limited, Christchurch

8. People with finalised charges and convicted of psychoactive substances December 2023 [xlsx, 99 KB]

   ...Protection Order (Sentencing Act), Child Protection Register, and 'committed to a facility on conviction') - no sentence recorded (includes where a person has been 'convicted and discharged' and where a person has been ordered to pay court costs). Gender, ethnicity and age Gender, ethnicity, and age information originate from Police. All of a person's charges have the same recorded gender and ethnicity information. Age in these tables is the person's age at the of...

9. People with finalised charges and convicted of psychoactive substances offences June 2023 [xlsx, 98 KB]

   ...Protection Order (Sentencing Act), Child Protection Register, and 'committed to a facility on conviction') - no sentence recorded (includes where a person has been 'convicted and discharged' and where a person has been ordered to pay court costs). Gender, ethnicity and age Gender, ethnicity and age information originate from Police. All of a person's charges have the same recorded gender and ethnicity information. Age in these tables is the person's age at the off...

10. Van der Westhuizen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2024] NZACC 190 (25 November 2024) [pdf, 265 KB]

    ...allowed. [87] In terms of section 161(2)(b) of the Act, this Court directs that the Corporation reinstate Mr van der Westhuizen’s entitlement to weekly compensation from the time that it was suspended. [88] Mr van der Westhuizen is entitled to costs. If these cannot be agreed within three weeks of the release of this decision, I shall determine the issue following the filing of memoranda. P R Spiller District Court Judge Solicitors for the Respondent:...