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1. BORA - Abortion Legislation Bill: Attorney-General's opinion [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...not be on the ground of merely having an age. Rather, it will be based on having reached a particular age, compared to a younger or older comparator. It will be a distinction within the ground of age. The same can be said of different types of disability. 2 Material disadvantage 9. The second part of the test of whether a measure limits s 19 is whether the differential treatment of women more than 20 weeks pregnant constitutes a material disadvantage. 3 10. I have conclud...

2. [2021] NZACC 37 - Hood v ACC (18 February 2021) [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...sprain would have resolved within 4 - 6 weeks following the accident. He observed that there was no new injury-related pathology in the left shoulder. Dr Haycock concluded that the primary and substantial cause of Mr Hood’s current shoulder disability was his underlying pre-existing polio condition. [8] Mr Hood’s General Practitioner subsequently wrote to Mr Hong regarding the disparity between Mr Hong’s interpretation of the MRI scan and that of the reporting Radiologist no...

3. 2024-07-18-Updated-Notice-of-Hearing-MEP-Coastal.pdf [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...be produced to the Court at the hearing. 4 MĀORI LANGUAGE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS If any party or witness: 1. wishes to speak Māori at the hearing under the Māori Language Act 1987, or 2. has special needs (for example in relation to disability and access, deafness, difficulties with the English language), or EC4180_NoticeOfHearing 3. has any special arrangements for the hearing are required, e.g. transport for site visits, storage space for bulky exhibits, video playba...

4. [2014] NZEmpC 111 Bracewell v Richmond Services Ltd [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...General; The Director of the Serious Fraud Office; The Inspector General of Intelligence & Security; The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; The Police Complaints Authority; The Solicitor-General; The Health & Disability Commissioner. Please note that if you make your disclosure directly to a Minister of the Crown or Member of Parliament, or to the media, you will not be protected under the Act. Health Information Privacy Code [24] As well as...

5. KI v Accident Compensation Corporation (Contribution to Cost of Treatment) [2024] NZACC 011 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...support her in becoming more independent in her daily functioning. [18] An independence allowance assessment report was carried out by Dr Collier, specialist Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist on 29 June 2000. He concluded: She has a significant disability as a result of her head injury and that this should be included in her whole person impairment for independence allowance. [19] In 2004, Gil Newburn reported to the appellant’s case manager as follows: I understand you are now...

6. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Auckland Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...http://ethniccommunities.govt.nz/sites/default/files/files/Towards%20Freedom%20from%20Violence%20- %20NZ%20Family%20Violence%20Statistics%20Disaggregated%20by%20Ethnicity%20- %20Office%20of%20Ethnic%20Affairs%202013.pdf. Office of Ethnic Affairs. 3 disabled women are sexually, emotionally and/or physically abused6. International research indicates that LGBTI communities are also at higher risk7 than mainstream women. Many of the women who are abused have children. Most of these c...

7. [2024] NZSSAA 10 (5 September 2024) [pdf, 340 KB]

   ...[17(c)] referring to Buis v Accident Compensation Corporation, HC Auckland CIV-2007-404-4703, 6 March 2009; and Budgen v Accident Compensation Corporation, DC Napier 375/2004, 30 November 2004, at [21]. 13 Accommodation supplement, childcare subsidy, disability allowance, temporary additional support payments, orphan’s benefit, and unsupported child’s benefit. 14 Social Security Act 2018, sch 2, definition of “main benefit”: jobseeker support, sole parent support, supported...

8. NZCVS 2024 Cycle 7 Reporting to Police [xlsx, 82 KB]

   ...represents the areas with the least deprived scores, and 10 (or 5) represents the areas with the most deprived scores. The analysis is based on the latest NZDep data available at the time - Cycles 1, 2 and 3 use NZDep2013 and Cycle 4 onwards uses NZDep2018. Disability In the report, disabled adults 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, see...

9. 2017 NZSSAA 009 (31 March 2017) [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...that the only issue for this Authority to determine was whether the $180 should be a recoverable grant. [6] At the hearing Mr Ellis filed a document which he referred to as a report. In this report Mr Ellis referred to a delay in commencing the Disability Allowance and Temporary Additional Support and an application for review of these decisions. Mr Ellis said that there is no evidence that this review has ever been heard. As the Authority has jurisdiction only to consider matter...

10. Council v HL [2020] NZDT1493 (27 February 2020) [pdf, 185 KB]

    ...incapacity as a result of a mental disorder that needs to be shown to absolve a person from responsibility for their actions. However, relevant English and Australian cases have held that the person must be completely incapacitated as a result of the disability to be absolved from liability: for example, Dunnage v Randall [2015] EWCA Civ 673 (English Court of Appeal); Carrier v Bonham [2001] QCA 234 (Queensland Court of Appeal). On this view there is no modification of the ordinary objecti...