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1. Waller v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Entitlement) [2022] NZACC 235 [pdf, 272 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2022] NZACC 235 ACR 28/22 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN ANTHONY WALLER Appellant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 30 November 2022 Held at: Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara by AVL Appearances: S McCann for Mr Waller C Wood and J Sumner for the Corporat

2. Family Violence Summit 2017 summary report [pdf, 922 KB]

   ...ideas included online reporting options for victims and other use of technologies, such as an app alarm button, or clothing with an inbuilt panic alarm. • There were suggestions about a compulsory question on Work and Income financial support application forms asking whether family violence is present, accompanied by training for staff to enable them to respond. • Another idea was to make free GP visits available to those affected by family violence. GPs would have contact deta...

3. O'Connor & Anor v CAC 20004 & Randall [2013] NZREADT 104 [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...Accordingly, the Committee made “no order for publication”. Factual Background [3] The licensee was the listing agent for a property at 49 Manly Street, Paraparaumu. [4] In April 2005 the original owners of the property had lodged a weathertightness claim with the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (WHRS). An assessor’s report identified water damage. WHRS quoted a cost of $36,000 to repair the damage. The owners stopped the claim process and listed the property exclusivel...

4. Handisides v CAC 10030 & Cruden [2011] NZREADT 36 [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...They contacted Mr Handisides later that day and arranged to meet him at the property in the afternoon of 22 August. At this meeting they say that they received from Mr Handisides a copy of the flyer prepared by Mr Handisides, some photographs, information about the property from the Tasman 2 District Council, a small map with the boundaries marked on it, a copy of the Title and information about the power supply which could be generated from the stream. [2] The advertisem...

5. Ngāi Tahu Ki Murihiku - EiC - D Whaanga - Culture (5 Feb 2021) [PDF, 440 KB]

   ...motion under section 149T(2) to decide proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago (referred to the Environment Court by the Minister for the Environment under section 142(2)(b) of the Act) OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Applicant AND WAIHŌPAI RŪNAKA, TE RŪNANGA ŌRAKA O APARIMA AND TE RŪNANGA O AWARUA (collectively NGĀI TAHU KI MURIHIKU) Submitters STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF DEAN WHAANGA Culture 5 February 2021 Barriste...

6. Samuela v Accident Compensation Corporation (Prelimary jurisdiction issue) [2023] NZACC 162 [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...issue – Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] Mr Samuela suffered a right shoulder injury in May 2021. The aggravation of his injury four months later meant Mr Samuela was unable to continue his work. [2] Mr Samuela’s applications for surgery funding and weekly compensation were declined. He used annual leave and sick leave to cover his absence from 28 September 2021 to 28 October 2021. In April 2022, the Corporation’s decline decisions were successf...

7. OIA-109706-v2.pdf [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 12 March 2024 Our ref: OIA 109706 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Review of child participation in Family Justice report Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 13 February 2024 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). Specifically, you requested: I am requesting a copy...

8. [2022] NZACC 22 - Eriksen v ACC (22 February 2022) [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...right leg (sic). [12] ACC’s medical advisor Dr Macpherson, along with psychology advisor, Dr Downing, were asked by the case manager to provide further advice. The case manager said: I believe ACC made an error in approving PTSD on this claim. Ms Eriksen was bitten by a spider when she was admitted to hospital for an abdominal problem early in 2017. However she was apparently bitten by a spider during her stay in hospital. Her insect bite got infected and she was di...

9. [2016] NZEmpC 136 Xtreme Dining Ltd t/a Think Steel v Dewar [pdf, 391 KB]

   ...concluded he was involved in an incident of theft of petrol by use of a company fuel card, and may have been involved in 27 other similar incidents. [4] The event which triggered the dismissal occurred after Mr Dewar had driven his car at the request of a work colleague, to a Z Service Station at Belfast in Christchurch. The colleague, Mr Chris Feaver, and a friend who did not work for Think Steel, Mr Shane Jones, wanted cash so as to purchase beer. At the service station, Mr Fea...

10. David Bain appendices tabs A to E [pdf, 1.6 MB]

    ...optometrist was Mr Sanderson, a witness who had given evidence. The judge reminded the jury ofMr Sanderson's evidence and also David's. 16 . The second question related to a matter on which there was no evidence. The third question was a request to read Mrs Laney's evidence, bearing on the time of David's return home. The judge re-read her statement and that of another witness which the judge had not re-read in his summing-up. 17. The fourth question was a request...