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1. [2025] NZIACDT 02 TX v Liu (13 January 2025) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...the associate a list of the payments owed to him, including $800 regarding the complainant. 3 [10] Immigration NZ approved the visa on 10 March 2023. It was valid for six months. It permitted the complainant to work in an extreme weather response and recovery role for any employer. Mr Liu copied the visa to the agent on the same day. [11] The complainant arrived in New Zealand on 21 March 2023. COMPLAINT [12] On 20 September 2023, the complainant made a complaint to the Au...

2. [2025] NZIACDT 03 IX v Liu (14 January 2025) [pdf, 240 KB]

   ...the associate a list of the payments owed to him, including $800 regarding the complainant. 3 [10] Immigration NZ approved the visa on 10 March 2023. It was valid for six months. It permitted the complainant to work in an extreme weather response and recovery role for any employer. Mr Liu copied the visa to the agent on the same day. [11] The complainant arrived in New Zealand on 4 April 2023. COMPLAINT [12] On 20 September 2023, the complainant made a complaint to the Aut...

3. [2024] NZIACDT 26 – QN v Nandan (12 November 2024) [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...complainant. As the Tribunal found, it was not a mere error of judgement or oversight. [17] The gravity of the breaches could be described as falling between the low to mid- range of moderate level misconduct. [18] Ms Nandan ultimately accepted responsibility for breaching cls 5 and 6 of the Code. [19] It is submitted that the appropriate sanctions would be: 1. A caution, though censure would not be out of the range. 2. A financial penalty in the region of $3,000 to $4,000. 3....

4. Lam-Po-Tang v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2024] NZACC 153 (30 September 2024) [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...qualifications or on the basis of the information that was before the medical practitioner. [16] In T,3 Judge Ongley DCJ stated: [22] Apportionment cannot be an exercise of precision. It is complicated by the probability that one kind of disorder inhibits response to treatment for other mental disorder, and by difficulties of precise psychiatric diagnosis. Apportionment is a skilled exercise, assisted by specialist skill and experience, and by particular experience in assessment o...

5. Lam-Po-Tang v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2024] NZACC 153 (30 September 2024) [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...qualifications or on the basis of the information that was before the medical practitioner. [16] In T,3 Judge Ongley DCJ stated: [22] Apportionment cannot be an exercise of precision. It is complicated by the probability that one kind of disorder inhibits response to treatment for other mental disorder, and by difficulties of precise psychiatric diagnosis. Apportionment is a skilled exercise, assisted by specialist skill and experience, and by particular experience in assessment o...

6. Public-Place-Amendment-Paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 571 KB]

   ...displayed publicly from a private dwelling house. Justice advised against criminalising the display of insignia in private places that are viewable from a public place as it would: • create enforcement challenges in establishing who is criminally responsible for any particular display of insignia where no identifiable person is actively wearing the insignia. Justice noted that liability could be attributed to owners or occupiers of a private place where insignia is displayed, but...

7. [2024] NZIACDT 31 – HG v Liu (16 December 2024) [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...Liu sent the associate a list of the payments owed to him, including $800 regarding the complainant. [11] Immigration NZ approved the visa on 24 March 2023. It was valid for six months. It permitted the complainant to work in an extreme weather response and recovery role for any employer. Mr Liu copied the visa to the agent on the same day. [12] The complainant arrived in New Zealand on 8 April 2023. COMPLAINT [13] On 20 September 2023, the complainant made a complaint to the A...

8. RN v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to Appeal) [2025] NZACC 063 (16 April 2025) [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...justice requires the judgment to be recalled. [29] Judge Spiller noted the procedural delays, the efforts made over a period of 22 months to have the appeal addressed, the direct warnings to RN of the consequences of nonaction and the lack of a response from RN. Acknowledging the view of the higher Courts that the discretion to recall must be exercised with circumspection the Court found that there was no special reason justice required Judge Carter’s minute be recalled. Reinsta...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 191 Cunningham v healthAlliance NZ Limited [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...[40] healthAlliance has been successful and is entitled to costs. If this issue cannot be agreed upon between the parties then healthAlliance are to file and serve memoranda within 21 days; Mr Cunningham will have 14 days to file and serve any response, following which healthAlliance will have seven days to file and serve any memoranda strictly in reply. M S King Judge Judgment signed at 12.15 pm on 29 August 2025 13 Courts of New Zealand “Guidelines for Use of Generat...

10. [2024] NZSSAA 06 (3 May 2024) [pdf, 117 KB]

    ...forward from previous years, the equivalent of the loss should be allocated as a grant to contribute to XXXX’s income in the following year and relieve him of having to fund the loss in the future. In Dr Howell’s submission the Ministry is responsible for helping people into employment and it should explore other ways to assist 2 The decision to cancel JSS was included in the BRC decision. As it transpired, no issue was raised in relation to cancellation of JSS. 3 Carswell v...