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1. Fraser v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover and Entitlements) [2025] NZACC 150 [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...symptomatic that which previously was asymptomatic does not alter that basic principle. The accident did not cause the degenerative changes, it just caused the effect of those changes to become apparent and of course in many cases for them to become the disabling feature. [35] The Court of Appeal set out the guiding principles on causation in Ambros.8 [65] The requirement for a plaintiff to prove causation on the balance of probabilities means that the plaintiff must show that the...

2. NZCVS 2024 Questionnaire Cycle 7 [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   NEW ZEALAND CRIME AND VICTIMS SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE 2023–24 (YEAR 7) 1 Contents Questionnaire Interpretation .......................................................................................................................... 3 Initial Demographics ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Victimisation Screener Questions .........................................

3. [2010] NZEmpC 115 Fonterra Cooperative Group Limited v Te Stroet [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...That is especially if he remains under the care of a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist, the latter of whom can assist him with non-medication management of his anxiety. [46] It is agreed that there has only been one episode of severe and disabling anxiety in Mr Te Stroet’s 27 years of employment and although there is no certainty of either the fact or time of any recurrence, the doctors are confident that the risk of this can be minimised by a range of measures including...

4. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand v TCLE-A-T5877102 [2013] NZCOP 2 [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...(Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999 prescribe a tariff of fees which offenders must pay for particular offences (e.g. $400 for one offence of driving without an appropriate current driver’s license, $150 for parking in a parking area reserved for disabled persons, and so on). And in a schedule to its written submissions, the Applicant produced details of decisions made by several Courts in Germany within the last two years in cases taken against individual P2P end users.7 T...

5. Steele v Board of Trustees of Salisbury School [2012] NZHRRT 20 [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...Tribunal given on 16 December 2011 granting Mr Steele’s application that the hearing be adjourned part-heard to allow Mr Heal to appear before the Tribunal. Salisbury School [6] Salisbury School is a state school in Nelson for intellectually disabled girls in Years 7 to 10. It is a boarding school which provides 24 hour, seven days per week curricula for the pupils. It provides academic and life skill components and the Tribunal was told it is the only school of its kind in New Zea...

6. Building a return on investment capability in the Justice sector [pdf, 652 KB]

   ...cost-effectiveness allows us to identify the investment options that make the biggest difference to outcomes, such as reoffending within two years of release, for a given amount of money. PHARMAC uses a cost- effectiveness approach, using the effect on disability-adjusted life-years as the common yardstick with which to compare different pharmaceuticals. 31. As the name suggests, this first stage requires two building blocks: effectiveness, and cost. Effectiveness 32. Effectiveness i...

7. [2017] NZEmpC 130 ALA v ITE [pdf, 402 KB]

   ...1 ALA v ITE [2017] NZEmpC 128. [4] Before receiving those submissions, I raised two issues with ITE. The first was whether in light of my conclusions, ITE would now remove the YouTube and Facebook material, and disable the OneDrive access he had provided to certain persons, forthwith. He said that he would consider doing so after talking to other persons and that he would need at least a couple of days to undertake that process. I asked him to con

8. Harvey v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 7 [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...the statutory threshold. [60] Finally, Mr Darke contends that it is relevant that Mr Harvey’s parents were in receipt of a handicapped child allowance payable under the Social Security Act 1964 for constant care and attention arising from a disability. I do not regard this as material. That allowance is payable pursuant to different criteria under a different Act. There is no evidence before me as to the level of allowance paid or even as to the period in respect of which it w...

9. Safer Sooner: Strengthening New Zealand’s Family Violence Laws [pdf, 7.9 MB]

   ...victim (including children) before discharging it • enabling children and young people to request safety programmes without a representative applying for them • better protecting vulnerable victims, including older people and people with disabilities, by specifying the court may impose special conditions to tailor orders to their needs. Use property orders more effectively WHY CHANGE? Victims of family violence who leave a violent relationship are at increased risk of...

10. Knight - Estate of Rewiti Te Rakaherea [2019] Chief Judge's MB 74 (2019 CJ 74) [pdf, 374 KB]

    ...beneficiary in whom an interest is so vested shall receive an interest of a value of less than ten pounds. (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 X of this Act, or if no such Trustee is appointed, by any other responsible person. (4) After making such dispositions (if any) as in its discretion it sees...