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1. 1 Cab paper Repeal of three strikes law Redacted [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...make up around 93% of the prisoner population, and 65.2 approximately 98% of the people currently serving second or third strike prison sentences are men. 66 The proposals in this paper will therefore directly benefit more men than women. Disability perspective 67 The proposals in this paper have no direct or specific implications from a disability perspective. People with neurodisabilities are over-represented in the prisoner population, and the changes proposed are likely to i...

2. [2022] NZEmpC 183 Butt v Attorney-General [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...truth of the representation was essential to the Butts? (b) Did the misrepresentation substantially reduce the benefit of the contract to the Butts? (c) Should damages be awarded? The facts [6] The Butts have two severely intellectually disabled adult children. Their first child, Ashneel Butt, is 30 years old. Their second child, Alisha Butt, is 27 years old. Both children require full-time care; the care that is required is complex and challenging. [7] It has been ver...

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

   ...disc protrusion and problem related to the L4/5 level as confirmed pre-operatively … In particular, the accident on 25 October 2010 has lead to the disc protrusion at L4/5 which has not settled over time. This has lead to ongoing symptoms and disability. Subsequent investigations, including repeat MR scanning and in particular CT discography has confirmed the disc protrusion. This has been confirmed at the time of surgery, from which Mr Brown is making a satisfactory recovery....

4. Juror Satisfaction Survey 2023 Results Report [pdf, 539 KB]

   ...made to the services, facilities and information provided during their jury service. Comments which provided a specific suggestion, rather than a generalised statement are used to highlight key points. More consideration for people with disabilities: “There are no consideration facilities for people with disabilities. The clerk has to make extra arrangements”. – Rotorua High Court Ensure that all jurors are able to see and hear the information video “Better audio...

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

   ...respondent’s] letters and subsequent string of e-mails…”. She stated that they were “intimidating and threatening”. 12 [46] The applicant requested that the review be undertaken “… with due regard and respect to [VN’s] position as a disabled person (under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Disabled), given that he has been disrespected and has suffered significant adverse medical responses due to the stresses placed on him”. [47] Paragraphs [35] to [46] above...

6. Clay v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 91 [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...with some psychosocial factors as well as central sensitisation which is not my area expertise and are known to influence chronicity of pain. From literature based articles it has been suggested that quite why some people develop persistent and disabling pain in this situation whereas most do not is poorly understood. It seems to have more to do with the personality of the sufferer. The current thinking is that the balance between inhibiting pain and paying attention or reacting to...

7. Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism - Cabinet Paper 4 - March 17 [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...put in place a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation process, to measure the success of the second phase reforms and identify any additional changes needed. Gender implications 64. The reforms will not have any gender implications. Disability perspective 65. The reforms will not have any disability implications. Publicity 66. The communications approach around this paper and associated issues will be managed by my office, in consultation with other offices as appr...

8. Evaluation of programmes for children under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...Many other factors will play a role, such as the extent and frequency of the violence, repeated separations and moves, economic and social disadvantage, and special needs that a child may have independent of this violence (e.g. significant learning disabilities). The literature also suggests that the more severe the violence, the more severe the problems for children. It also seems likely that children who have both witnessed and experienced violence will experience more severe effects than...

9. [2011] NZEmpC 64 Brake v Grace Team Accounting [pdf, 78 KB]

   ...at least some of its costs, the defendant is unlikely to be able to recover any of them if it is successful as it has been to date. [26] On the other hand, an order for security for costs in a case such as this should not have the effect of disabling the plaintiff from pursuing her challenge. However, I am not satisfied that to make a relatively modest order for security would necessarily have this consequence as Ms Brake has asserted will be the result of any order the Court m...

10. [2009] NZEmpC AC 23A/09 NZ Airline Pilots Association Inc & Anor v Jetconnect Ltd & Ors [pdf, 34 KB]

    ...analogy to a criminal proceeding and some analogy to a civil proceeding. In Wallis Brothers Ltd v Canterbury Bye Products Ltd (1985) 5 PRNZ 590, 594 the Court of Appeal described the ordinary meaning of penalty as a punishment or some loss or disability imposed by law for a wrongdoing. That accords with the nature of penalties under the Employment Relations Act. [21] Regulation 37, which sets out the objective of regs 40 to 52 covering document disclosure, notes that “…where...