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1. Wellington Standards Committee 2 v Harper [2020] NZLCDT 29 (11 September 2020) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...instance she assessed the risks of her actions to 5 be low to negligible. When it was put to her that the rules themselves had already carried out that risk assessment, she readily accepted that she ought not to have substituted her own judgment for the clear provisions of the rules. [19] However, Ms Harper points to the fact that what appears to have been a very thorough scouring of her files (such that the complaints were made in four tranches over a period of almost two ye...

2. [2022] NZACC 56 – Ajayi v ACC (5 April 2022) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 23 March 2022 Held at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau Appearances: The appellant represented himself R Mould and J Coates for the Accident Compensation Corporation Judgment: 5 April 2022 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Personal injury – ss 25-26, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 25 August 2020. The Reviewer dismisse...

3. McCaw Lewis - Rakautatahi 1B2B1A (2022) 97 Takitimu MB 232 (97 TKT 232) [pdf, 499 KB]

   ...Ngā Kaitono Applicant Nohoanga: Hearing 25 January 2022 (94 Tākitimu MB 226-233) 1 April 2022 (95 Tākitimu MB 124-128) (Heard at Wellington via Zoom) Kanohi kitea: Appearances K Katipo for Applicant Whakataunga: Judgment date 29 July 2022 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ D H STONE Judgment of Judge D H Stone Copies to: K Katipo, McCaw Lewis Lawyers, DX GP 20020 Hamilton 3204 kylee.katipo@mccawlewis.co....

4. Matenga v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly compensation) [2024] NZACC 140 [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 16 August 2024 Held at: Hamilton/Kirikiriroa District Court Appearances: B Thompson for the Appellant B Marten for the Accident Compensation Corporation (“the Corporation”) Judgment: 19 August 2024 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Deemed cover – s 58; claim for weekly compensation - s 67, Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision...

5. Jordan v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover and Entitlements) [2023] NZACC 202 [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...BETWEEN ANTHONY JORDAN Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing 25 October 2023 Heard at: Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau Appearances: A Carlyle for the appellant F Becroft for the respondent Judgment 12 December 2023 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D L HENARE [Cover and entitlements s 20, 67 Accident Compensation Act 2001] [1] The appellant challenges two decisions by the Corporation, upheld at review, both dated 27 November 20...

6. Manning v Cushing - Waitutu Incorporation (2025) 97 Te Waipounamu MB 145 (97 TWP 145) [pdf, 296 KB]

   ...Nohoanga: Hearing 5 June 2024, 88 Te Waipounamu MB 134-139 26 July 2024, 89 Te Waipounamu MB 5-25 (Heard at Christchurch) Kanohi kitea: Appearances C Hirschfeld for the Applicant T Barker for the Respondents Whakataunga: Judgment date 5 September 2025 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ S F REEVES Judgment of Judge S F Reeves 97 Te Waipounamu MB 146 Hei tīmatanga kōrero Introduction [1] Diane Holloway and Richard M...

7. Monschau v Bamber - Tahorakuri A No 1 Section 33A2 [2016] Maori Appellate Court MB 286 (2016 APPEAL 286) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...APPELLATE COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIARIKI DISTRICT A20150005958 APPEAL 2015/19 UNDER Section 58, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF TAHORAKURI A NO 1 SECTION 33A2 AHU WHENUA TRUST - an appeal against a reserved judgment at 125 Waiariki MB 260-266 on 13 August 2015 BETWEEN SHANE MONSCHAU AND HARRY TE NGARU Appellants AND BRUCE BAMBER AND KATHLEEN BAMBER Respondents Hearing: 17 February 2016 (Heard at Rotorua)...

8. [2006] NZEmpC AC 66/06 Clark v Northland Hunt Inc [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...Relations Authority BETWEEN STEPHEN CLARK Plaintiff AND NORTHLAND HUNT INCORPORATED Defendant Hearing: 2 and 3 October 2006 (Heard at Whangarei) Appearances: Mark Ryan, Counsel for Plaintiff Stuart Henderson, Counsel for Defendant Judgment: 27 November 2006 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE M E PERKINS Introduction [1] The first issue to be decided in this case is whether the plaintiff was engaged by the Northland Hunt Inc (Northland Hunt) as its huntsman pursuant to a c...

9. [2016] NZEmpC 74 Tairawhiti District Health Board v NZ Nurses Organisation Inc [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION INC First Defendant AND LISA MARSHALL Second Defendant Hearing: 12 April 2016 (Heard at Auckland) Appearances: S Hornsby-Geluk, counsel for plaintiff J Lawrie, counsel for defendant Judgment: 14 June 2016 JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE G L COLGAN Nature of case [1] This judgment decides a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority 1 about a disputed question of the interpretation, op...

10. Transcript of speeches KG Smith [doc, 91 KB]

    ...with the Judges. Something really needs to be done if litigation is to remain the primary means of dispute resolution for the citizen, as I certainly hope it will be into the future. The other thing I always remember about Sir Tom Gault is that his judgments were delivered quickly and were judgments, not theses. In the Employment Court, where people’s livelihoods are at stake, it’s imperative, not only for justice to be done, but for it to be done as quickly as possible. The average wor...