[2021] NZACC 105 - W v ACC (16 July 2021) [pdf, 384 KB]
...or she was engaged in employment for the purpose of receiving pecuniary gain. The Court looked at the meaning of pecuniary gain and found that it had a broader meaning akin to an advantage. In that case the Judge held that Mr Beel was seeking through the medium of his company to obtain an advantage by having his rent paid for work that his business carried out and he was engaged in that work on the day he suffered the accident. [17] On that basis “W” does not have to prove that...