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

   ...them symptomatic. Often in the presence of this stenosis there is a degree of traction- type injury that makes them symptomatic. Again, by the same token, there are plenty of people who remain asymptomatic despite these changes. 12 Relevant law [40] Section 20(2)(a) of the Act provides that a person has cover for a personal injury which is caused by an accident. Section 26(2) states that “personal injury” does not include personal injury caused wholly or substantially by...

2. [2013] NZEmpC 242 Udovenko v Offshore Marine Services Ltd [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...which would reasonably have been available to the parties in the situation in which they were at the time of contract. The language the parties use is generally given its natural and ordinary meaning, reflecting the proposition that the common law does not easily accept that linguistic mistakes have been made in formal documents. The background, however, may lead to the conclusion that something has gone wrong with the language of an agreement. In that case the law does not require...

3. [2021] NZEmpC 183 Stenhouse v Towman Towing Group Ltd [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...process, there was no evidence explaining why they were confidential or considered to be significant beyond being Towman’s property. [29] Ms Stenhouse was on sick leave until 11 June 2018. On 6 June 2018 she received a letter from a law firm instructed by Towman regarding the email of 25 May 2018. The letter began by stating that Towman had considered the information in the email and investigated her concerns. She was informed that four named people were interviewed b...

4. Denyer v CAC 403 and Kenny [2019] NZREADT 18 (6 May 2019} [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...was with the vendor. That is a relationship in regard to disclosure and transparency, that has both equal weight for both the vendor and agent. 4.5 In regard to the variances in the “Meth Test NZ” report that the Complainant, through her lawyer, highlighted at the time she made the offer on the 19 November 2017 and her concerns as to the description of the Property being a townhouse and that the numbers on the photographs did not match the numbers on the certificate of analys...

5. [2022] NZEmpC 76 NZQA v Hickey [pdf, 329 KB]

   ...challenge from it, may grant interim reinstatement to a former employee pending the substantive investigation into that person’s personal grievance.6 [40] The principles to apply are settled. In determining whether to grant interim reinstatement the law relating to interim injunctions is applied having regard to the object of the Act.7 The object of the Act is to build productive employment relationships through the promotion of good faith.8 A central feature of the Act is reco...

6. [2021] NZIACDT 4 - SL v Mackintosh (4 March 2021) [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...Mackintosh) advising that her application had been declined. She did not meet the immigration criteria. The government agency said it had written to her on 12 September, but there had been no response. She could apply for a reconsideration if she was lawfully in New Zealand and made the request within 14 days. Her visa would expire on 6 March 2019. [13] The complainant was not then informed by Ms Mackintosh of the decline of her visa application. [14] On 5 October 2018, th...

7. Tapu te Wao v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2024] NZACC 137 (16 August 2024) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...2013 (cover was only revoked in April 2013). Therefore, the DHB were managing her care publicly, separately to ACC. Charmaine disputed this stating she had information showing her tendon was injured, but that she is putting that together with her lawyer to present her case. I reiterated that she still has the deemed cover at the moment, which may remain, but that I had wanted her to know what advice we had received and what steps had been taken. [35] On 23 December 2021, Mr Yaprak provid...

8. Van der Westhuizen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Weekly Compensation) [2024] NZACC 190 (25 November 2024) [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...instability. Dr Matti further advised that the mechanism of injury in the 2019 rugby tackle event was capable of causing the diagnosed condition, and that it was “more likely that this [accident] is the main contributing injury”. Relevant law [70] Section 117 of the Act provides: (1) The Corporation may suspend or cancel an entitlement if it is not satisfied, on the basis of the information in its possession, that a claimant is entitled to continue to receive the entitlem...

9. Tane v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2025] NZDC 36 (27 February 2025) [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...facet joint. … … the CAP believes the imaging evidence of multi-level facet joint osteoarthritis is the more likely pathology responsible for the initiation and maintenance of any persistent pain condition the client may now have. Relevant law [26] Section 20(2)(a) of the Act provides that a person has cover for a personal injury which is caused by an accident. Section 26(2) states that “personal injury” does not include personal injury caused wholly or substantially b...

10. PPM 2024 Key Results [pdf, 6.2 MB]

    ...and confidence are measured across different parts of the justice system ................. 2 1.3 PPM measures are examined by demographics and level of victimisation............................ 3 2.1 Most adults had at least some trust in the law system .......................................................... 5 2.2 Most adults had at least some trust in the justice system ..................................................... 8 2.3 Trust was highest for victim services and Police b...