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1. Randle v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for cover) [2024] NZACC 131 [pdf, 301 KB]

   ...identified on the ultrasound scan and referred to by the appellant's GP as "plugging" the hernia, was a distinct condition, separate from the hernia and of no relevance to the question of the hernia's cause. [31] On 18 January 2023, Dr Bosse wrote to the Corporation and advised that in his view, the inguinal hernia was caused by heavy lifting on 23 December 2021 and not due to an underlying pre-existing condition. Dr Bosse explained that: (a) Mr Randle had been a...

2. Lewis v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2025] NZACC 16 (28 January 2025) [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Impairment assessment - Schedule 1(4) of Accident Insurance Act 1998, and Schedule 1(3) - Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 11 July 2023. The Reviewer dismissed applications for review of the Corporation’s decisions dated: (a) 27 June 2022, determining Ms Lewis’ independence allowance based on Dr Walker’s report; and (b) 4 November 2022, determining Ms Lew...

3. Jones v Accident Compensation Corporation [2025] NZHRRT 25 [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...he suffered in the early 1990s. 1 This decision is to be cited as Jones v Accident Compensation Corporation [2025] NZHRRT 25. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 25 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 052/2023 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN CRAIG RICHARD JONES PLAINTIFF AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION DEFENDANT AT NEWMARKET BEFORE: JS Hancock, Deputy Chairperson PJ Davies, Member IR Nemani, Member REPRESENTATIO...

4. IPT Annual Report 2025 [pdf, 515 KB]

   ...Points of the 2024/2025 Court Year 1. The primary issue for the Tribunal in the 2024-2025 year has been the rate of increase in appeals received. In the preceding two years, the Tribunal received appeals at the average monthly rate of 65 (2022-2023) and 94 (2023- 2024). In 2024-2025, in contrast, the average monthly rate was 131, more than double the rate of two years ago: 2. There have been two main reasons for this increase. The Tribunal’s workload is affected by policy...

5. Proactive-release-new-Whanganui-Courthouse-Cabinet-Paper_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 8.3 MB]

   ...due to rounding. 5sr35bltln 2024-11-22 10:52:43 I N C O N F I D E N C E 6 I N C O N F I D E N C E Table 1: Financial profile Whanganui courthouse ($million) Whanganui High/District Courthouse Option D: Financial Profile 2020/21 - 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 28/29 & Outyears Total Capital Expenditure - Land 1.200 - - - 1.200 Capital Expenditure - Building 8.462 20.295 37.024 30.551 2.208 98.540 Capital Expend...

6. RIS - Enabling election day enrolment [pdf, 532 KB]

   ...only was there a public outcry about election result delays, but there was significant congestion in voting places and voter dissatisfaction. The Commission has therefore suggested postponing the introduction of election-day enrolment until 2023. However, the Electoral Commission can implement election day enrolment for 2020, alongside delivering referendums, with a number of risk mitigation measures that it is currently developing (see sections 3 and 6 for more detail). 2.3...

7. Waata v Namana - Hurunuiorangi X3 (2023) 102 Tākitimu MB 263 (103 TKT 263) [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...kaitono Applicants ME And MIHI NAMANA FRANCES REIRI-SMITH Ngā kaiurupare Respondents Nohoanga: Hearing 1 December 2022, 102 Tākitimu MB 36-58 (Heard at Masterton) Whakataunga: Judgment date 1 March 2023 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ M J DOOGAN Judgement of Judge M J Doogan Waata v Namana - Hurunuiorangi X3 (2023) 102 Tākitimu MB 263 (102 TKT 263) 102 Tākitimu MB 264 Hei tīmatang...

8. HM v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 004 [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...[2024] NZACC 004 ACR 23/23 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL UNDER SECTION 149 OF THE ACT BETWEEN HM AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 12 December 2023; Post Hearing joint memorandum provided by leave of the Court: 20 December 2023 Held at: Auckland District Court/Tāmaki Makaurau Appearances: P Schmidt for the Appellant P McBride for the Accident Compensation Corporatio...

9. B Ltd v C Ltd & others [2024] NZDT 99 (21 February 2024) [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...suffered damages of between $37,774.00 and $49,422.00. B Ltd seeks an order that C Ltd is liable to pay it $30,000.00 (which is limit of the jurisdiction of the Tribunal). 3. C Ltd was removed from the Register of Companies with effect from 1 May 2023. This claim was filed on 17 March 2023. At the first hearing of the claim the claim was struck out because C Ltd had been removed from the Register of Companies. The previous Referee granted a rehearing of the claim after evidence was pr...

10. LCRO 13/2024 OB and HG v NC (12 June 2024) [pdf, 228 KB]

    ...as executor and with the quality and value of the Firm’s legal services in relation to estate administration. The complaint [26] The applicants’ complaint to the New Zealand Law Society Lawyers Complaints Service (NZLS) was filed on 11 May 2023 (a year before the applicants’ High Court claim for interest was determined). In making it, the applicants acknowledged they were not the respondent’s clients but were residuary beneficiaries with rights under the Administration Act 1...