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1. Smith v Accident Compensation Corporation (Interest on weekly compensation) [2024] NZACC 139 [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...attempts to relitigate the same issue expose him to a risk of a costs’ award against him.13 [28] Mr Smith applied for leave to appeal to the High Court, but this was declined on 8 November 2023 by Judge McGuire, who stated: [26] Judicial resources are finite. There are each year several hundred ACC appeals filed that need to be dealt with. In the Applicant’s case, as mentioned, Judge Spiller notes that since Judge Beattie’s decision in June 2007, the 12 Smith v Accident...

2. B Ltd v JD [2024] NZDT 285 (7 March 2024) [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...email and phone details. It was address to JD. B Ltd’ standard terms and conditions were attached to that letter. It is signed by JD and OL. Another one-page document was signed by JD appointing B Ltd as his agent for the purposes of building and resource consent services. 14. JD says he should not be bound by this contract. He accepts he signed the documents. However, he says he did not understand the documents he was signing. He said he was misled by AJ into believing he was just...

3. Annex to Regulatory Impact Statement: Extending automatic name suppression for complainants where crimes are of a sexual nature [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...briefly tested the proposal with the Chief Victims Advisor, and have seen advice from them on the issue and proposal. We have also consulted on this proposal with Crown Law and the Privacy Commissioner’s office. Limited data: a lack of time and resources for gathering evidence has limited our understanding of the true scope of the problem. A longer timeframe could have allowed for greater consultation on the proposal. This might have surfaced alternative approaches, additional imp...

4. [2024] NZLVT 063 - Bottinga v Auckland Council (16 December 2024) [pdf, 357 KB]

   ...May 2020 and comprises of a 809m2 site zoned mixed housing suburban. He did not consider the sale to be comparable, the property sold a year before the effective date when development land was in lower demand. The purchaser has since obtained resource consent to construct three dwellings. Market evidence Regarding market commentary, Mr Kanji advised: (a) The average house Capital Value movement across the Auckland region was thirty-two per cent between the 2017 general revalu...

5. [2025] NZEmpC 2 Young v Port of Tauranga Ltd [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...Chandler examined Mr Young and genuinely assessed him as meeting the requirement in cl 7A of the border order. [48] I consider that the Port’s approach to the issue was fair and appropriate. Indeed, an employer, particularly one as large and well-resourced as the Port, could have been subject to legitimate criticism if it had simply registered employees who produced a document that was of doubtful veracity. As noted, it was open to registering an exemption for Mr Young but sough...

6. Tranche 2 of Cabinet and Ministerial advice on changes to clubs and ranges regulations [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...documents of club information may be removed, and inspection of ranges is only undertaken when there may be specific safety concerns. I consider that any impacts on rights arising from these proposals are proportionate and justified. Use of external Resources 65 No external resources were used in the development of this advice and none of the proposals are expected to result in the use of external resources to deliver this work. Consultation 66 The Ministry of Justice has consul...

7. [2025] NZEmpC 16 The Chief of New Zealand Defence Force v Williams [pdf, 305 KB]

   ...Will, Allan and I.” She relevantly stated that RTMs had taken their vehicles home for some time “given the geographical areas they cover and the expectation of being on call 24/7. It has shown to be the most effective use of their time, the resource and provides the best support to our team and customers.” [46] While this correspondence recorded the arrangements in 2015, it is clear that those arrangements – that they be on call 24/7 – remained in place from 1 April 20...

8. Characteristics-of-children-and-young-people-who-offend_v1.0.pdf [pdf, 446 KB]

   ...and environments. Some selected factors were having young parents, unstable housing situation, family criminality and poor mental health of the adults in the household. Children and young people from economically disadvantaged households lack the resources and opportunities that impact their future social outcomes10. Those children and young people are also more likely to be exposed to finance-based conflict in the household, insufficient supervision and inconsistent parenting, all of whic...

9. Greive v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2024] NZACC 156 (30 September 2024) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...treatment. (2) Treatment injury does not include the following kinds of personal injury: (a) personal injury that is wholly or substantially caused by a person's underlying health condition: (b) personal injury that is solely attributable to a resource allocation decision: (c) personal injury that is a result of a person unreasonably withholding or delaying their consent to undergo treatment. 9 (3) The fact that treatment did not achieve a desired result does not, of i...

10. MJ v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2025] NZACC 007 (14 January 2025) [pdf, 208 KB]

    ...(f) One factor in granting leave is the wider importance of any contented point of law. (g) Even if the qualifying criteria is made out, the court has an extensive discretion to grant, or refuse leave so as to ensure the proper scarce judicial resources and the finality of litigation. MJ’s submissions [51] Two issues were determined by Judge Spiller. In her leave to appeal application MJ directed her submissions to the second issue - cover for PTSD as a new injury. No specific...