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1. [2009] NZEmpC WC 17/09 Idea Services Ltd v Dickson [pdf, 84 KB]

   ...Dickson’s employment by Idea Services Limited (Idea Services) but the principles involved are potentially of much wider application. Sleepovers are a widespread practice in the community care arrangements for people with physical and intellectual disabilities. The wage averaging issue does not appear to have ever been determined authoritatively since the original Minimum Wage Act was passed in 1945. This issue may affect many other employers and employees in sectors where low w...

2. CAC20003 v Wright [2015] NZREADT 25 [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...the defendant’s company (Wright Real Estate Ltd) was a client of Palace from August 2011 but that sometime in mid-2013 its account with 8 Palace was disabled due to arrears in the company’s contract payments to Palace. At the time of disabling the account, it had last been accessed on 14 January 2013 and the entries regarding the defendant’s company into the Palace system then only went up to November 2012. Accordingly, from mid-2013 the defendant’s company was unable...

3. Noble - Estate of Rameka Korewha Ngamanu [2019] Chief Judge's MB 132 (2019 CJ 132) [pdf, 429 KB]

   ...persons concerned has not consented thereto or objects thereto:]] [[(d) Repealed.]] [[(e) Repealed.]] (3) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection two of this section, any agreement or arrangement may, in the case of a person under disability, be entered into or made on his behalf by his trustee appointed under Part 10 of this Act, or if no such trustee is appointed, by any other responsible person. (4) Repealed. (5) All dispositions made by the Court pursu...

4. [2022] NZACC 100–Phillips v ACC (25 May 2022) [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...work-related stress following complex workplace issues. [7] Dr Hanlon went on to say: The background to these issues is that Yvette has worked for ACC for about six years, previously working in Whangārei, as a Child and Youth Specialist Expert in disability. Yvette told me that in 2017, a dream job came up in Christchurch, working still within ACC as the Child and Youth Specialist Expert in the serious injury unit. Yvette was keen to apply for the job, and was successful in h...

5. NZCVS Cycle 3 (2020) Section 3 How much crime is there in New Zealand [xlsx, 115 KB]

   ...Deprivation index The New Zealand Index of Deprivation 2013 (NZDep2013) groups deprivation scores into deciles (or quintiles), where 1 represents the areas with the least deprived scores, and 10 (or 5) represents the areas with the most deprived scores. Disability In the report, adults with disability are defined using the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS) of disability questions. The questions ask if the respondent has experienced difficulties performing basic universal activities (walking...

6. Outcomes for Mentally Impaired Persons December 2023 [xlsx, 102 KB]

   ...insanity - proven but not criminally responsible on account of insanity (introduced in December 2022 to replace not guilty by reason of insanity). A person can be found unfit to stand trial because of a current mental impairment (such as intellectual disability, or mental disorder or mental illness such as dementia). Whereas, findings of insanity are based on a person's mental state at the time of the offence. Contents: Table 1: Number and percentage of finalised charges where people w...

7. DeMarco v Accident Compensation Corporation (Independence Allowance) [2024] NZACC 189 (25 November 2024) [pdf, 339 KB]

   ...cervicogenic and referred pain from the neck region, most likely the disc or the facet joints. The client was well with respect to her neck after the fusion and maned to work for several years after the fusion until the accident in 2002. However, the disability from work was mostly due to the left knee and left arm symptoms rather than particular aggravation of her neck pain. The cervical symptoms were significantly aggravated by the mobilisation carried out in 2004 on the cervica...

8. Outcomes for Mentally Impaired Persons jun2024 [xlsx, 102 KB]

   ...insanity - proven but not criminally responsible on account of insanity (introduced in December 2022 to replace not guilty by reason of insanity). A person can be found unfit to stand trial because of a current mental impairment (such as intellectual disability, or mental disorder or mental illness such as dementia). Whereas, findings of insanity are based on a person's mental state at the time of the offence. Contents: Table 1: Number and percentage of finalised charges where people w...

9. BORA Crown Entities Reform Bill [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...Health Financing Agency and transfers some functions to the Ministry of Health, while other functions continue to be provided by the New Zealand Debt Management Office • transfers the functions of the Mental Health Commission to the Health and Disability Commissioner, and • disestablishes the Charities Commission and transfers its functions to the Department of Internal Affairs. 3. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in t...

10. [2016] NZSSAA 001 (20 January 2016) [pdf, 24 KB]

    ...Benefits Review Committee was a decision to establish an overpayment of New Zealand Superannuation paid in respect of the period 1 May 2013 to 23 October 2013 amounting to $2,401.02. [2] The overpayments had arisen as a result of changes to the rate of Disability Support Pension payable to the appellant in Australia and therefore the rate of New Zealand Superannuation payable. [3] The appellant’s appeal was dealt with on the papers. Although on 24 May 2015 the appellant indicated he...