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1. Robinson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2023] NZACC 139 [pdf, 316 KB]

   ...benefit. (d) On 20 March 2014 Mr Robinson’s GP noted his left knee was still sore and swollen. He was working at Watties driving a forklift when he slipped and injured his knee, but he did not report the injury because he was afraid of losing his job. (e) A GP note of 6 January 2015 recorded that Mr Robinson had an accident on 31 December 2014 when he slipped off high steps and landed on his knees. An accident compensation claim was lodged for a contusion. Mr Robinson was n...

2. E v B & C LCRO 30 / 2009 (19 May 2009) [pdf, 16 KB]

   ...to correct the error made by the trial judge. [5] Complainant E considered that a police sergeant’s sworn evidence that the offence had occurred on 7 June could not support the conviction of an offence on 7 July. He considered that the job of lawyers, particularly those working in the Crown Law office, was to examine the ‘facts of the case’. In his view Prosecutor C, acting for the Crown at the appeal, had not done her job properly as she had not presented the facts,...

3. [2018] NZEmpC 133 Infinity Automotive Ltd v Lorigan [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2000/0024/112.0/link.aspx?id=DLM60393#DLM60393 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2000/0024/112.0/link.aspx?id=DLM60387#DLM60387 ... [21] The Court of Appeal analysed this section in Peter Reynolds Mechanical Ltd t/a The Italian Job Service Centre v Denyer, finding that its powers can be considered in a situation where there has been a failure to comply with an order to pay a monetary sum.10 It reviewed a number of cases where a...

4. 2024 NZPSPLA 013 pdf [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...he did so with good intentions and did his best for those in need who required his support. I also accept that the work was expanding exponentially in 2021 and it would have been extremely difficult to keep up with the ever-growing demands of his job as chief executive of Visions. [10] As previously noted, it is incomprehensible given the pressures Mr Deane was under with the full-time job of being the chief executive of Visions that he took on another full-time role as managing dire...

5. UN Ltd v MI [2023] NZDT 205 (13 April 2023) [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...for items that were within the original scope of work, the estimated value cannot be exceeded by more than the reasonable maximum of 15% for estimates, unless the scope of work has changed in a way that could not have been predicted when pricing the job at the outset and has also, ideally, been discussed and agreed with the client. So where a job has just been priced inaccurately or a mistake made in pricing, any extra cost actually incurred would usually need to be carried by the supplier...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 198 Ritchies Transport Holdings Limited v Merennage [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...wanting to know why “the driver” had not taken her money. Ms Keohane told Ms T that she was courageous to speak up about a person who had taken advantage of her and, in relation to an expressed concern that the driver might lose his job because of her complaint, that she needed to remember that if he lost his job it would be a consequence of his own actions. She went on to say that his actions were what had got him into trouble, rather than anything Ms T had done. [...

7. Regulatory Impact Statement Human Rights Amendment Bill [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...Option 1: Replace the current composition with another composition of both full-time and part-time Commissioners 14. The Ministry considered an option that would increase the number of full-time Commissioners from three to four, and change the job size and number of the part-time Commissioners from up to five part-time positions of on average 0.3 FTE to two part-time positions of 0.5 FTE. During consultations, the Commission expressed a preference for this option. Option 2: Replace...

8. [2022] NZEmpC 127 VMR v Aviation Security Service Division of Civil Aviation Authority [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...that they should be reinstated, and awarded other remedies. [3] The CAA pleads that vaccination against COVID-19 was a mandatory requirement under the law for this class of worker, and that it was not possible to either modify the applicants’ job description so as to avoid the effect of the applicable legal requirements, or to redeploy them. [4] The applicants sought interim reinstatement to their former positions based on their alleged dismissal grievances, an application that...

9. Langston v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claims process) [2024] NZACC 93 (30 May 2024) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...relied on by Mr Langston, the Court cannot conclude Mr Langston was rendered incapable of performing his employment by reason of his personal injury. Likewise, the medical reports do not say Mr Langston was incapacitated when he left his various jobs. In the event, I find that Mr Langston extrapolates incapacity from the evidence he relies on and in turn, makes his own assessment of incapacity. That said, it is understandable given the problems Mr Langston acknowledged of no early m...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 152 Tillmans Fine Furniture Ltd v Rookes [pdf, 250 KB]

    ...there is a genuine reason for the fixed term and for employment to finish when the term ends. The reason for it being fixed term, and finishing at the end of the term, is the employee will have a reasonable amount of time to search for a new job after the Christmas/New Year holiday season finishes. The employer has explained why employment will finish when the terms ends [sic], and the employee has had a chance to get advice on this. The employee has the legal right to work in New...