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1. [2021] NZACC 88 - Civil v ACC (22 June 2021) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...acromioplasty and rotator cuff repair, and, Procedure Description: Shoulder arthroscopic repair-1. 7 The Court would also be assisted if Ms Becroft would write to Mr Lyon: ▪ To explain the actual nature of the surgery he proposed to perform in relation to his diagnosis of left shoulder full thickness rotator cuff tear. Further, what is the difference between acromioplasty, arthroscopic repair and rotator cuff tear repair? Specifically, are acromioplasty and arthroscopic repa...

2. LCRO 78/2020 NS v GL (29 June 2021) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...2014 W sent an email to G saying they were going to seek a protection order if I didn’t give them assurance that I would no longer visit the property. Due to all of the frustration I had from their 14 months of continually choosing to ignore our requests and making things difficult for us, I told G to ignore them. [4] Extensive litigation ensued: • The Court granted Mrs NS a temporary protection order • Mrs NS sought to have the order made final. The temporary order was di...

3. SN & TN v B Ltd [2021] NZDT 1621 (17 December 2021) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...18. TN was diagnosed with antisynthetase syndrome, a rare chronic autoimmune condition that can affect multiple systems of the body. The first consideration of this arose in May 2019, when TN tested positive for an antibody anti-PL7. TN was not formally diagnosed with the condition until after the cancellation of the trip to Europe. 19. In winter 2018, TN had what she believed at the time to be a flu or viral chest infection. She saw her GP when the problem did not clear up. She wa

4. LCRO 215/2020 YY v RN (27 September 2021) [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...[3] Ms YY had initially instructed Mr TW to act for her on the sale, but as Mr TW did not operate a trust account, Mr TW referred Ms YY to Mr FN. 2 [4] On the 29th of January 2013, Mr TW forwarded facsimile correspondence to Mr FN making request of Mr FN to prepare an agreement for sale and purchase of the [address] property. [5] That correspondence: (a) Identified the vendor and purchaser; and (b) advised the sale price that had been agreed; and (c) recorded that no depos...

5. [2022] NZACC 4 – CJ v ACC (18 January 2022) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...of 6 May 2020, declining the appellant’s claim for mental injury caused by treatment. 2 Background [2] The appellant was born in 1975. [3] On 8 October 2003, the appellant had an emergency caesarean section. The procedure was performed by Dr Raj Kumar. During the operation, an epidural needle was inserted three times into the appellant’s lower back. Dr James Moore and Dr Charles McFarlan, Anaesthetists, reported that there was temporary paraesthesia (burning or pr...

6. OIA-112469.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   Legal Services Commissioner Justice Centre I 19 Aitken Street I DX SX10125 I Wellington T 04 918 8800 I F 04 918 8820 lsc@justice.govt.nz 24 June 2024 Our ref: OIA 112469 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Legal aid resources Thank you for your email of 24 May 2024, requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) information relating to legal aid guidelines and policies. Specifically, you requested: a. Any current guidelines, polici...

7. [2025] NZEmpC 93 CG v Calendar Girls NZ Ltd [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...[53] The objection to the notice requiring disclosure on behalf of the plaintiffs under reg 44(1) of the Regulations was on the grounds that if the documents are disclosed it will be injurious to the public interest. It is also argued that the requested documents are beyond the scope of the application before the Court and are not relevant to the proceedings. [54] Although not specifying the document or documents to which the objection relates as required by reg 44(2) there was fu...

8. C Ltd v J Inc [2024] NZDT 105 (13 February 2024) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...Inc says that C Ltd is liable to pay it $82,000.00 damages but has agreed to reduce its claim to $30,000.00 to come within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. 4. After the main hearing of this claim I gave leave for both parties to file further information, this was mainly because J Inc had not been aware of the hearing due to an issue with an email address and attended at very short notice. Information was received from both parties, which I decided introduced enough new material that...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 124  E Tū Inc v Mainland Poultry Ltd [pdf, 294 KB]

   ...hours per day, seven days a week. [3] Packing and grading staff work four days on, two days off. That means that the days of the week change, and they work Saturday and Sunday, depending on the roster cycle. The hours within which the work is performed (6:30am to 3:00pm) do not change, but occasionally overtime is worked. [4] There are three teams in packing and grading and there are always two teams working mornings on any given day of the week. Two teams overlap each day, but...

10. Christie Alexis Lesley MARCEAU (CSU-2011-AUK-001471) [pdf, 12 MB]

    ...and kill her. He eventually allowed Christie to leave. Overdose: Mr Chand [26] After Christie left, Mr Chand swallowed around 50 of his mother's multivitamin tablets. His sister came home from school sometime later and at Mr Chand's request called an ambulance, which took him to North Shore Hospital Emergency Department. Whilst there Mr Chand was assessed by a psychiatric registrar (Dr Speeden) and a registered nurse (Ms Charles), both members of Waitemata DHB's Lia...