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1. OIA-110625.pdf [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...child victims being questioned about consent in court, and clarify the law related to automatic name suppression for complainants in court proceedings. 1 Auckland Women’s Centre – Te Wāhi Wāhine o Tāmaki Makaurau, Eastern Women’s Refuge, the NZ Human Rights Centre, HELP Support for Sexual Abuse Survivors, Hestia Women’s Refuge, Inner City Women’s Group, Kia Haumaru - Personal Safety Education, Mt Albert Psychological Services Ltd, National Council of Women, Auckland, North Shor...

2. Bravenec v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover Issues) [2023] NZACC 77 [pdf, 191 KB]

   ...Light also refers to the further comment of the panel at page 4 of its report: The CAP noted that none of the mechanisms described by Mr Bravenec is consistent with acute labral tearing. “Extreme” leg extension does not cause labral tearing. Humans extend our straightened leg each time we walk forward, turn around, kick balls or climb up inclines. [40] Mr Light submits that when the overall clinical picture is considered, it does not support the appellant’s position of sign...

3. Madoc v Accident Compensation Corporation (Revocation of Cover) [2023] NZACC 144 [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...of “physical injury” discussed in Teen is helpful and I propose to adopt it. Further, I accept that the natural meaning of “physical injury” involves hurt or harm that affects the body rather than the mind, or any incorporeal aspects of human existence. … [90] Applying such an approach to the interpretation of “physical injury”, I am satisfied that Mr Falwasser suffered physical injuries from the effects of his exposure to pepper spray during the incident. [24] Ms...

4. Pickering v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 209 (17 December 2024) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...section 20(2)(e) to (h)). Section 25(1)(a)(i) provides that “accident” means a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. Section 25(3) notes that the fact that a person has suffered a personal injury is not of itself to be construed as an indication or presumption that it was caused by an accident. [28] Clause 1(1) of Schedule 1 of the Act provides...

5. Proactive-Release-Criminal-Procedure-Amendment-Rules-2025_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...C O N F I D E N C E 6 I N C O N F I D E N C E Compliance 24 These regulatory changes comply with: 24.1 the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi; 24.2 the rights and freedoms contained in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993; 24.3 the principles and guidelines set out in the Privacy Act 2020; 24.4 relevant international standards and obligations; 24.5 the Legislation Guidelines (2021 edition), which are maintained by the Legislation Desig...

6. Bellingham v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for personal injury) [2025] NZACC 51 (27 March 2025) [pdf, 186 KB]

   ...which the person has cover. Section 25(1)(a)(i) provides that “accident” means a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. Section 25(3) notes that the fact that a person has suffered a personal injury is not of itself to be construed as an indication or presumption that it was caused by an accident. [32] Clause 1(1) of Schedule 1 of the Act provi...

7. FS v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work-related gradual-process injury) [2024] NZACC 135 (15 August 2024) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...cognitive function testing, and there were pre-existing psychological issues that can produce symptoms identical to the ones complained of, medically speaking the chances of this having been solvent neurotoxicity at any stage are almost nil ... The human health effects of organic solvent inhalation are classified as: Acute Acute, high-level exposure to almost all organic solvents (typically within minutes or hours) causes a general, nonspecific lowering of central nervous system...

8. [2006] NZEmpC AC 47/06 Cliff & Groom v Air NZ Ltd [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...(c) Whether, on the basis of its investigation, Air New Zealand could have come to a conclusion that the allegations had been made out and therefore amounted to serious misconduct which justified dismissal. The facts [5] Richard Motet, a human resources consultant but not an IT expert, was engaged by Air New Zealand in early September 2004 on a 3-month contract to assist its ANZES managers who had been delegated to investigate the Internet usage. Individual activity reports f...

9. [2015] NZEmpC 230 FIRST Union Inc v Jacks Hardware and Timber Ltd [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...During October 2013 there were discussions between the Union’s local organiser, Shirley Walthew, and the union members at Jacks about the process of initiating bargaining for a collective agreement. Before that could occur, however, Jacks’s human resources manager and administrator raised concerns with the Union about union membership conversations taking place between staff in the store during working hours. Their concern was that these were impacting negatively on the busine...

10. Environment Court annual review 2015 [pdf, 2.4 MB]

    ...statistical information about the progress of cases. Furthermore, it offers only quantitative, not qualitative, information. As a result, in managing the workload of the Court the PEJ, Registrar, and Judicial Resources Manager need to bring to bear human qualitative assessments of the work on hand. Inadequacy of quality official information can give rise to an external problem when persons, usually possessed only of anecdotal information, (sometimes manipulated for some particul...