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1. [2020] NZREADT 04 - Singh - Ruling regarding release of file (20 February 2020) [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...a chance for a retrial in our case, so we would still desire the records from your office. If the Plaintiff in our action, who hired Mr Singh, dismisses the appeal with prejudice, then we would not need the records. … [14] It appears from a judgment annexed to an affidavit subsequently sworn by Mr Govindarajan that the California Court of Appeal dismissed Rosebank’s appeal. On 30 August 2019, Mr Edmondson advised the Tribunal that: … there are still actions pending where the...

2. Stewart v Eru - Succession to Teressa Ivor Silcock (2020) 200 Waikato Maniapoto MB 184 (200 WMN 184) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...February 2020, 198 Waikato Maniapoto MB 211-212 26 February 2020, 199 Waikato Maniapoto MB 238-249 (Heard at Whangārei and Hamilton) Kanohi kitea: Appearances B Stewart for the applicants M Patene for the respondent Whakataunga: Judgment date 12 March 2020 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ JUDGE D H STONE Judgment of Judge D H Stone Copies to: B Stewart, Loughnans Solicitors, PO Box 1257, Palmerston North 4440, b.stewart@loughnans.co....

3. [2022] NZACC 110 – Hunter v ACC (9 June 2022) [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...BETWEEN NEILL HUNTER Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 2 June 2022 Held at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau BY AVL Appearances: The appellant is self-represented A Miller for the respondent Judgment: 9 June 2022 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for entitlement - s 67, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 9 August 2019. The Reviewer dismi...

4. [2022] NZACC 127 – ONeill v ACC (4 July 2022) [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...CHRISTOPHER O’NEILL Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 23 May 2022 Heard at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau Appearances: The Appellant in person. Ms B Johns and Ms A Lane for the Respondent Judgment: 4 July 2022 ____________________________________________________________________ RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C J McGUIRE [Review of old decision s 134 Accident Compensation Act 2001] ________________________________...

5. [2022] NZACC 25 - Howard v ACC (2 March 2022) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION First Respondent AND ALLIANCE GROUP LIMITED Second Respondent Hearing: 22 February 2022 Held at: Dunedin/Ōtepoti Appearances: P Sara for the appellant S Winter for second respondent Judgment: 2 March 2022 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for personal injury – ss 25-26, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 9 February 2018. The R...

6. Auckland Standards Committee 5 v Stuhlmann [2022] NZLCDT 16 (2 June 2022) [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...(applied in Pillai v Messiter):7 Both in law and in ordinary speech the term ‘misconduct’ usually implies an act done wilfully with a wrong intention, and conveys the idea of intentional wrongdoing. The term implies fault beyond the error of judgment; a wrongful intention, and not a mere error of judgment; ... Whether a particular course of conduct will be regarded as misconduct is to be determined from the nature of the conduct and not from its consequences. 3.7 As noted by the...

7. Leaf v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for loss of potential earnings) [2024] NZACC 59 [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 4 April 2024 Held at: Hamilton/Kirikiriroa Appearances: C Leaf for the Appellant L Hawes-Gandar for the Accident Compensation Corporation (“the Corporation”) Judgment: 8 April 2024 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for loss of potential earnings - s 105, Schedule 1, clause 47(1), Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decisio...

8. Queensell-Logan v Accident Compensation Corporation (Interlocutory application for orders for proposed witnesses to attend hearing in person) [2024] NZACC 099 (12 June 2024) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...QUEENSELL-LOGAN Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Determination: On the papers Representatives: Mr Stephen Logan (the appellant’s father) for the appellant Ms J Maslin-Caradus for the respondent Date of Judgment: 12 June 2024 __________________________________________________________________________ JUDGMENT OF JUDGE IAN CARTER [Appellant’s interlocutory application for orders for proposed witnesses to attend hearing in person f...

9. Taufa v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Entitlement) [2023] NZACC 154 [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN SIONE TAUFA Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 23 August 2023 Heard at: Wellington Appearances: Mr A Crabb for the Appellant (via AVL) Ms F Becroft for the Respondent Judgment: 19 September 2023 ___________________________________________________________________________ RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C J MCGUIRE (Suspension of Entitlements – Section 117) ________________________________________________...

10. McKenzie v Accident Compensation Corporation [2024] NZACC 146 (30 August 2024) [pdf, 257 KB]

    ...ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 27 May 2024 Heard at: Christchurch / Ōtautahi Appearances: Mrs Judith McKenzie representing herself, with her husband Mr Allan McKenzie, for appellant Mr D Russ for respondent Judgment: 30 August 2024 ___________________________________________________________________________ RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE IAN CARTER [Personal Injury / s 26 Accident Compensation Act 2001] ________________________________________...