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1. Vine v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2024] NZACC 007 [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...per cent from this to reflect what had been previously compensated. As the net 6 per cent was less than the 10 per cent statutory threshold, no further entitlement was payable. [22] Also on 22 October 2021, the Corporation wrote to Mr Vine in response to a request the same day where Mr Vine had sought copies of any communication between Dr Walker and Dr Lim relating to his impairment assessment and a copy of the methods used by both doctors to calculate his impairment rating. The...

2. Cycle-5-About-the-NZCVS-reports-v1.0-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 476 KB]

   ...offences while the NZCVS in most cases counts only the major one, which is in line with Police practice. In addition, the NZCASS uses many more statistical imputations to assess the total number of offences while the NZCVS is mostly using the actual responses. Finally, the NZCVS is using different approaches to limit the influence of statistical outliers (capping), which is more aligned with international practice. 2. According to the NZCVS Cycle 5, 19% of offences were reported to...

3. [2023] NZREADT 14 - CAC 2107 v Sheldon (13 June 2023) [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...[25] In his brief, the prospective purchaser says the building inspector’s report raised concerns regarding water ingress at a deck. He decided to withdraw the offer on about 9 September 2021. He let Mr Sheldon know. Mr Sheldon’s immediate response was to ask whether he could say he did not get finance, instead of an unsatisfactory building report. The prospective purchaser was uncomfortable about this. He is fairly sure that Mr Sheldon also said that, if the offer was withdr...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 101  Auckland One Rail Limited v Rail and Maritime Transport Union [pdf, 286 KB]

   ...[3] In those circumstances I decided to grant urgency to the application for an interim injunction and gave directions to enable it to be heard urgently yesterday. [4] As directed the defendant filed a notice of opposition and two affidavits in response. The strike notice [5] What is in issue is the strike notice given by the defendant to the plaintiff. The strike notice was also provided to the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. [6] A...

5. LCRO 107/2023 NC v PJ (30 November 2023) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...email address that I have nominated for service. He did this knowing that I had previously advised him that his emails to my personal email account would be blocked or equivalently automatically deleted as that account is almost full. Mr PJ’s response was to call me a “liar” and later to call me “mad” both of these insults were repeated. 1 Standards Committee complaint (14 April 2023). 7 [14] The outcome the applicant sought from his complaint was as follows: PJ nee...

6. LCRO 118/2023 TC v GS (13 December 2023) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...disputing the matter. [22] In relation to the issue of the applicant’s instruction to declare the Contract unconditional, the respondent wrote as follows: You have commented that you told [us] many times to make the agreement unconditional. In response to this, we advised the vendor that you were willing to satisfy all the conditions, this included your finance condition which you instructed us to confirm even before you had a formal offer from the bank, however it always remained c...

7. Lothian v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work Related Mental Injury) [2023] NZACC 99 [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...Lothian described herself as a resilient person prior to this event notwithstanding three years of prior bullying, and as such it seemed less likely that a single instance of intimidation as described would have resulted in the protracted stress response which she had experienced, had other contextual factors not been present. Adjustment difficulties relating to the event on 08 April 2019 would be expected to have resolved after the alleged perpetrator had been disciplined and ha...

8. [2024] NZEmp 56 KiwiRail Ltd v Rail & Maritime Transport Union Inc [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...their normal hours worked per week. [24] The collective agreement does not define a “full pay fortnight”. How KiwiRail administers annual holidays [25] Paul Ashton is KiwiRail’s Executive General Manager Operations. He has overall responsibility for managing the company’s rail freight, container terminals and rail network infrastructure. A significant portion of the union’s membership is employed in the part of the business Mr Ashton is responsible for. He has a...

9. Jukes v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 175 (4 November 2024) [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...up queries, noting: His accident is clearly of sufficient force to cause a disc prolapse. In different circumstances a fall from a similar height can also undoubtedly cause a fracture to his neck and I see no reason why it can therefore not be responsible for a degree of a disc prolapse. The contentious issue is whether this is a pre-existing problem. The report does comment on a discophytic component which implies part of his stenosis is from a degree of an osteophyte extending t...

10. 2025 NZSSAA 01 [pdf, 338 KB]

    ...in relation to tangihanga. 81. It was common ground that tangihanga practices deeply intertwine the spiritual and communal aspects of Māori. Central to this process is the role of the whānau pani (the bereaved family), whose primary responsibility during tangihanga is to mourn the deceased. Food is not only an importance source of sustenance but is also a vital element in the spiritual and social healing process. The practices of kai and hākari (feast) during the tan...