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1. Evans v Accident Compensation Corporation (Late filing of an appeal to the District Court) [2024] NZACC 38 [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...file a Notice of Appeal against the Reviewer’s decision within 28 days after the date on which the Reviewer provided a copy of the review decision to him. The Reviewer’s decision was dated 16 December 2022, which left a date of 13 January 2023 for the filing of the Notice of Appeal. In the event, the Notice of Appeal was filed on 9 February 2024. This Court is now being asked to exercise its discretion to allow a longer time for filing the Notice of Appeal (in terms of s 151(...

2. MacGregor v ACC (Late filing of an appeal to the District Court) [2024] NZACC 73 [pdf, 158 KB]

   ...appeal is from the decision of a Reviewer dated 29 June 2022. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review of the Corporation’s decisions of: (a) 5 May 2021 suspending Mr MacGregor’s entitlement to weekly compensation; and (b) 23 February 2023 revoking cover and declining cover for Mr MacGregor’s left acromioclavicular joint injury. 2 [2] On 21 March 2024, Judge Henare issued an Initial Minute which directed that Mr MacGregor formally apply for leave to file the ap...

3. 2024 NZPSPLA 048 pdf [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...Controller, Property Guard and Personal Security Guard that is valid until [redacted] 2028. [2] The Police have laid a complaint against Mr NI due to a complaint they have received regarding an incident of alleged indecent behaviour on 19 June 2023. Mr NI was verbally warned by the Police in relation to the event. Mr NI was employed at the time by SEAL Security Ltd who were contracting to First Security. Neither employer has engaged with the proceedings, and he is not currently empl...

4. OQ & TT v N Ltd [2024] NZDT 276 (16 May 2024) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...The Tribunal orders: N Ltd is to pay OQ $1,050.90 on or before 7 June 2024. Reason 1. In April 2024, OQ booked return flights to [international city] for her mother through N Ltd. The first flight departed from [NZ city] on 29 October 2023 at the scheduled time. However, when her mother arrived at [international city] airport for the return flight home on 3 February 2024, she found the flight had departed three hours earlier. The airline asked her mother to make contact with...

5. DU & TU v OE [2024] NZDT 75 (30 January 2024) [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...the jurisdiction gate. Can TU and DU claim compensation of $349 for the phone? 13. At the hearing OE accepted that the phone was loaned to XX to use when XX was staying with OE and CU. TU provided evidence of its purchase - $249 in February 2023. 14. A receipt of $100 was also provided supporting the claim for phone accessories. However, TU now accepts that XX used these on a phone her mother AA gave her and she still has these items on that phone. On this basis the claim of co...

6. QG v BE [2024] NZDT 96 (13 February 2024) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...value for the wreck. 13. As I have found that QG is to bear 50% of the loss, he is entitled to be compensated half of $5,700.00. This is $2,850.00 Conclusion 14. For completeness I record that BE questioned during the hearing on 10 August 2023 whether QG was outside the limitation period to bring this claim. I advised her that section 11 of the Limitation Act 2010 provides a defence to a claim if it is filed at least six years after the date of the incident. However I did not...

7. BS v X Ltd [2024] NZDT 70 (27 February 2024) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 70 APPLICANT BS RESPONDENT X Ltd The Tribunal orders: The claim is struck out. Background 1. The adjournment order dated 13 November 2023 sets out the background to the claim. 2. BS submitted that: a. After the first hearing, she looked to file an ACC claim online. She watched a tutorial video which advised the claimant to have “detailed information about the accident...

8. Van Wey Lovatt v Accident Compensation Corporation (Costs) [2024] NZACC 171 (29 October 2024) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...consistent with the obligations under the Code. 8 Above n 5. (d) The Corporation, without justification, decided to follow “the litigious path” rather than resolve the issues that Dr Van Wey Lovatt raised with them in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and despite the obligations to acknowledge, investigate and issue a decision on these matters in a manner consistent with the Code and the Health Information Privacy Code 2020. (e) The substance of the matter in ACAR 130/23 has not bee...

9. E Ltd & W Ltd v TN [2024] NZDT 712 (30 August 2024) [pdf, 103 KB]

   ...DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 712 APPLICANT E Ltd RESPONDENT TN APPLICANT'S INSURER W Ltd The Tribunal orders: TN is to pay W Ltd $18,119.50 on or before 27 September 2024. Reasons 1. On about 11 September 2023, KI, a property manager for [the Property Management Company], was driving the car owned by the Applicant out of the driveway of a rental property she managed for [the Property Management Company] and turned left onto [Street 1] in [...

10. IN & Ors v GU & J Ltd [2024] NZDT 719 (26 August 2024) [pdf, 127 KB]

    ...3. I called GU three times for the hearing, but all my calls went to voicemail. The claim went ahead without GU. 4. I called J Ltd for the hearing. I spoke to C, who is the manager of J Ltd. He said that since the collision occurred (in August 2023) J Ltd is under new ownership, and he and the current owners have no information about this claim. He said the former owner of J Ltd, E, had been made aware of the claim, but is currently overseas. The hearing went ahead without J Ltd....