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1. Stryder v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2024] NZACC 125 (24 July 2024) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...not apply.5 [36] In Mr Stryder’s case, he suffered his first injuries on 2 December 2003, as a result of which he received weekly compensation. On 11 November 2004, the Corporation decided that he was no longer incapacitated for his pre-injury job, and he returned to work. On 16 June 2005, he injured his thumb, as a result of which he again received weekly compensation. On 8 August 2005, he returned to work and continued as such until surgery on the thumb on 1 May 2006. Mr Str...

2. [2024] NZEmpC 6 C3 Ltd v O’Brien [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...reinstatement that must be provided for wherever practicable and reasonable.13 It likely will be the most significant remedy claimed because of its importance to the grievant; it is often not enough for a monetary judgment to be substituted for the job itself.14 [16] Practicality and reasonableness are two separate considerations. For reinstatement to be practicable, it must be capable of being carried out in action, be feasible and have the potential for the reimposition of the...

3. LCRO 176/2022 SP v AQ (15 August 2023) [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...debt collection fees. It is sad you have chosen to treat us like this and we will not be working for you again. [15] Ms AQ responded: Gosh you escalate things very quickly. [16] One and a half hours later,3 Ms SP replied: We have done the job you asked us to do. To date you have not paid a cent and the tone of your emails are clear that you don’t intend to. Why waste more time by mincing words about your obvious intentions? We expect payment in full immediately and this em...

4. Brownlee v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover and Suspension of entitlements) [2025] NZACC 008 (14 January 2025) [pdf, 253 KB]

   ...side bending and twisting motion. There were approximately ten 2-litre Bottles. To put them back on the shelf I bent down to pick them up again, in a repetitive flexion then extension, side-bending and twisting motion. I was trying to do the job quickly and forgot to bend my knees. As I was coming back up lifting the bottle, to put a third bottle of cleaner back, I felt a popping sensation in my lower back, accompanied with excruciating pain. At that time my back was at end range...

5. [2024] NZIACDT 23 - FM v Yang (03 September 2024) [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...Complainant: Self-represented Adviser: J Shi, counsel 2 PRELIMINARY [1] The complainant instructed the adviser to seek a work visa. The application was successful, though unknown to the complainant the visa was not based on a genuine job. He was accordingly given an exploitation visa. The adviser had almost no direct engagement with the complainant during the application process as all communications were through an unlicensed agent. [2] A complaint against the adviser...

6. Fong v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of entitlements) [2025] NZACC 004 (13 January 2025) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...the treating doctor's clinical notes from a follow up appointment on 7 April 2021 and cervical x-ray imaging; and that (vi) Mr Fong was unemployed at the time he sustained the injuries underlying the 2020 claim but later found an office job. [37] Mr Lefono provided opinion that: (i) the injuries underlying the 2021 claim are minor soft tissue injuries which ought to have resolved within 6-8 weeks of injury, which are admitted in this appeal; (ii) the x-ray, MRI and SPECT C...

7. Guide-5-A-Guide-to-Deportation-Appeal-Cancelled-Refugee-and-Protected-Person.pdf [pdf, 371 KB]

   ...certified copies; • in English or accompanied by an English translation by a recognised translator; • signed, if the document contains a statement from a named person. You must send two copies of all documents. It is not the Tribunal’s job to tell you which documents to send. You must work out what Page 9 information we need to understand and decide your appeal, and then send that information to us. Send any documents you think show that what you are telling the Tribunal i...

8. U Ltd v M Ltd [2025] NZDT 63 (13 February 2025) [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...Agreement had ended rather than continuing until 20 April 2024 and then converting to a general agency despite no advertising or marketing by the Applicant. In this regard, I also note that a client would reasonably consider a real estate agent’s job under such an agreement to be to advertise the property for sale. 19. If I am wrong and the relevant communications did not cancel the sole agency of the Agreement, I am satisfied that Mr M’s email of 31 January 2024 was effective to c...

9. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Wintour [2025] NZLCDT 25 (7 May 2025) [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...realm. Ms Murray (as she then was) engaged in an intimate relationship with an imprisoned client, smuggled dangerous contraband (including a cigarette lighter and a cell phone) into prison, and had run a criminal defence that purported to risk the jobs of innocent Corrections Officers. That case was much graver than the present one and, in Murray, the practitioner’s lack of fitness to practise law was immediately evident. Her prior disciplinary history was extensive for a pract...

10. NZ Private Prosecution Service Ltd v Key (Strike-Out Application) [2015] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 157 KB]

    ...improving the calibre of litigation and reducing the chance of repetitive litigation: Standing has an instrumental function of improving the calibre of litigation. The idea is that an applicant with a personal stake in the dispute will do a better job in gathering, marshalling and presenting the evidence and in researching and presenting legal submissions. It does not necessarily follow, however, that ideological motivations are weaker than materialistic ones. A standing requirement al...