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1. Proactive-Release-Coroners-Amendment-Bill-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...Corporation; Crown Law, Department of Internal Affairs; Ministry for Ethnic Communities; Ministry for Pacific Peoples; Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; Ministry of Health; Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ; Ministry of Social Development, Office for Disability Issues; Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People; Ministry of Transport; New Zealand Police; and The Treasury. 18 The following agencies were informed: Department of Corrections; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet;...

2. [2022] NZACC 145 – Stojicevic v ACC (26 July 2022) [pdf, 434 KB]

   ...sudden and dramatic increase in discomfort in the region of the sacrococcygeal joint rather than lumbosacral junction, and I think this has probably been an aggravation of her underlying problem from July 2018. To put in context her level of disability, prior to 2018, she was working as a chef full time. She attended a fitness center two times a week, she would climb Mount Maunganui up to two times a week in the summer and was running twice a week. Subsequently, she is unable t...

3. Robinson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2023] NZACC 139 [pdf, 316 KB]

   ...concerned with the realistic ability to engage in pre-injury employment despite inconvenience and in many cases a degree of tolerable pain. [31] In some cases where a claimant continued to work in their pre-injury employment, despite suffering pain or disability or other ongoing consequences of injury, the practice has been referred to as “soldiering on”. That may be evidence to support a factual finding that the claimant was incapacitated when he/she continued to work. However,...

4. Improving jury trial timeliness - Discussion document [pdf, 447 KB]

   ...(male / female) • Indecent act with intent to insult or offend • Interfere with grave/human remains • Conceal dead body of child • Assault a child • Male assault female • Assault a family member • Possess offensive weapon or disabling substance • Intercept private communication with listening device • Disclose private communication gained by listening device • Deal with interception devices • Unlawful disclosure • Interfere with vehicle, ship o...

5. [2010] NZEmpC 4 Lewis v Howick College Board of Trustees [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...the aims and aspirations and employment requirements, and the cultural differences, of ethnic or minority groups; and (g) Recognition of the employment requirements of women; and (h) Recognition of the employment requirements of persons with disabilities. (3) In addition to the requirements specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, each employer shall ensure that all employees maintain proper standards of integrity, conduct, and concern for— (a) The public interest;...

6. Recommendations Recap Issue 16 [pdf, 498 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 April and 30 June 2018 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2018 (2) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a death,

7. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Privacy Act) [2020] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 353 KB]

   ...decision to provide us and the NASC with the filtered/sanitised version of the report. There is historical emails where both Karen Mora from the NASC and Fran and I requested a copy of your report findings. We have complaints in with the Health and Disability Commissioner, Privacy Commissioner and very recently NASC/MOH and these parties have been provided with numerous and damning documents. … Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked. Warren Buffe...

8. Proactive release – Remuneration Authority Legislation Bill [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...Environment Court Judge, or alone. Human Rights Review Tribunal jurisdiction is comparable to that of a judge 19 The Human Rights Review Tribunal hears claims relating to breaches of the Human Rights Act 1993, the Privacy Act 2020 and the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994. 20 MartinJenkins concluded that the Human Rights Review Tribunal jurisdiction is comparable to that of a judge because the tribunal has the power to declare legislation to be inconsistent with the New Zealan...

9. [2007] NZEmpC AC 10/07 X v Auckland DHB [pdf, 338 KB]

   X V AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD AK AC 10/07 23 FEBRUARY 200 23 February 2007 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 10/07 ARC 52/05 IN THE MATTER OF Personal grievances removed from the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN X Plaintiff AND AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD Defendant Hearing: 7-11 and 14-16 November 2005 20-21 December 2005 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: Penelope Swarbrick and Kelly Rowell, Counsel for Plaintiff Bernard Banks and

10. [2018] NZEmpC 60 FGH v RST [pdf, 720 KB]

    ...as being appropriate – that is, that she should recognise Ms H’s boundaries, but also that there may be a need to seek advice. Ms Wairau recorded that the organisation needed to follow its processes, but it needed to be mindful of Ms H’s disability. It was noted that they were not medical professionals, but that they needed to support the employee, and to recognise relevant boundaries. They would need to be flexible to some extent; any agreement with the employee should demon...