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1. [2018] NZSSAA 21 (7 May 2018) [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...to his entitlement, namely: a) The Special Needs Grant Programme, which provides for the ability to provide grants of money to provide assistance, either on a recoverable or non-recoverable basis. b) Providing an advance payment of benefit (New Zealand Superannuation in the appellant’s case). c) Granting a Disability Allowance and making an advance payment of the Disability Allowance. 3 [7] The appellant particularly emphasised the potential for an advance paym...

2. LR v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for overseas rehabilitation costs) [2023] NZACC 29 [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...gut/pancreatic/kidney/bowel problems. 4 [10] On 22 November 2021, a report from Dr Peter Nobbs, Paediatrician, advised that the appellant’s parents were considering selective dorsal rhizotomy in America (this surgery not being available in New Zealand): His parents are in the process of having him assessed by Paediatric Neurosurgical Services in [America] to see whether he would be a suitable candidate for specialist spinal surgery that would attempt to ablate the nerves in...

3. [2013] NZEmpC 38 Taiapa v Te Runanga O Turanganui A Kiwa Trust t/a Turanga Ararau Private Training Establishment [pdf, 117 KB]

   ...[5] In addition to his job with Turanga Ararau, Mr Taiapa and his partner ran a Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS) home in which a government department placed children and young persons without homes. [6] From 28 March to 1 April 2011, the New Zealand Secondary Schools Waka Ama Championships were held at Rotorua. Mr Taiapa’s domestic partner, Cath Deacon, sought the defendant’s approval to Mr Taiapa taking five days’ leave from Monday 28 March to Friday 1 April 2011. Th...

4. [2024] NZEmpC 227 The Vice Chancellor of Lincoln University v Cheng [pdf, 237 KB]

   THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY v XINYI (ERIN) CHENG [2024] NZEmpC 227 [22 November 2024] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2024] NZEmpC 227 EMPC 375/2024 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Plaintiff AND XINYI (ERIN) CHENG Defendant Hearing: 18 November 2024 (He...

5. Vaka v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 197 (2 December 2024) [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...injury has resulted in a mental injury of mild neurocognitive disorder.” [3] There is no agreed diagnosis of NCD. Therefore, before the Court can consider a causative link between the head injury and possible NCD diagnosis, it is necessary to address a preliminary question. Does Mr Vaka suffer from a mental injury as defined in section 27 of the Act; i.e. is there a medically established diagnosis of NCD? [4] It is only if the Court finds Mr Vaka suffers from NCD that it is...

6. LCRO 167/2023 UG v XY and EP (17 July 2025) [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...them recorded an ownership interest held by Mr QH. 1 Letter XY to Ms UG (7 February 2023) at [4]. This statement differs from XY’s letter to Ms UG dated 20 December 2022 and the response to the complaint by EP and XY to the Lawyers Complaints Service by letter dated 21 April 2023 at [3]. 2 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. 3 [12] On 16 November 2022, Ms UG received a letter3 from the lawyer instructed by three of the children, whi...

7. [2010] NZEmpC 154 Villegas v Visypak (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 68 KB]

   ...injection moulding department. He had originally been employed for half his time in quality control and the balance as a fork hoist operator. He is a registered engineer with a BSc in mechanical engineering, which he says was assessed by the New Zealand Immigration Service as being the equivalent of an Australian engineering degree. He had been employed by a Saudi Arabian oil company for 17.5 years as a mechanical engineer. Health and safety was a very serious issue wi...

8. 2015 Decisions of public interest

   From time to time the Court decides cases that have general importance for practitioners of employment law as well as for the particular parties. These will include some judgments of the full Court and others examining and applying new law 2015 [2015] NZEmpC 230 FIRST Union Inc v Jacks Hardware and Timber Ltd (Judgment of Chief Judge Colgan, 17 December 2015). DECLARATION – AN END TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING? - FACILITATED BARGAINING – declaration regarding employer's assertion that bargaining...

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9. Legal Services Agency closure & annual report 2011 [pdf, 976 KB]

   ...the strategic leadership and administration of the legal aid system. The Board, appointed 18 months prior, has no further role to play in the legal aid sector. In preparing this, our final Annual Report to Parliament, the sector and the people of New Zealand, I can say, with no hesitation, that we are proud of what the Legal Services Agency has achieved in the last 18 months. In particular, I want to acknowledge our General Manager Stuart White who has earned respect and loyalty for the wa...

10. Nga Runanga EiC M Bartlett Rights and interests Amended 17 Feb 2021 [PDF, 901 KB]

    ...Linguistics from the University of Canterbury and a post-graduate Diploma (with Distinction) in Political Science. I am a currently certified RMA decision-maker. 7. I have read the Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses in the Environment Court of New Zealand Practice Note 2014 and confirm that I have complied with it in preparing my evidence. The opinions I have expressed are within my area of expertise, except where I state that I am relying on other people’s evidence. I...