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1. Needham v Accident Compensation Corporation (Binding effect of review decision) [2023] NZACC 146 [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...cover for an infection following hip replacement surgery on 10 August 2012. The date of the treatment injury is 21 August 2014, which is the date that Mrs Needham sought treatment for the symptoms of the treatment injury. [7] In 2015, Mrs Needham requested ACC funded assistance for the boiler system at her home. In her letter of 20 July 2015, she said she was unable to lift the 20 kilogram bags of wood pellets up to chest height to load into the hopper. She said that the costs of...

2. [2018] NZEmpC 88 Lorigan v Infinity Automotive Ltd [pdf, 321 KB]

   ...the other. [13] On 14 April 2009, an IEA was signed between Perry’s and Mr Lorigan, backdated so as to be effective from 24 March 2009. As will be discussed later, Mr Lorigan pleaded that this document was signed under duress, and he now informs the Court that he considers it to be void. [14] On 31 May 2009, Perry’s amalgamated under Part 13 of the Companies Act 1993 (the CA) with two other companies in the Sime Darby Group. The evidence is that as a consequence of the am...

3. Bridge v The Real Estate Agents Authority (CAC 409) and Edwards [2018] NZREADT 61 [pdf, 312 KB]

   ...vendors on 6 May 2016. She referred to the hole in the chip heater flue, the lack of hot water in the laundry, and the garage spouting (describing it as “buggered”). She did not refer to the fence. [7] On 9 May, Mr Bridge’s solicitors requested a price reduction of $7,500 from the vendors’ solicitors: … Our client put in an offer on a “sight unseen” basis, relying upon representations by the agent. A building report has identified that the property is not concr...

4. Waitangi Tribunal - Part 5 Te Urewera [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...the Crown over ownership of lakes ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 20 .4 .2 What was the Crown’s response to the Maori claims for legal ownership of the lake ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 20 .4 .3 What w...

5. Wolverhampton v Shaftesbury LCRO 145 / 2009 (23 June 2010) [pdf, 170 KB]

   ...been posted nor had it been placed in an envelope. The Standards Committee informed the Practitioner accordingly. [4] The Practitioner wrote again to the Standards Committee on 15 June 2009 challenging the truthfulness of the Applicant‟s claim that she did not know how the document came to be in her letter box. He contended that she had found the document among her papers and had herself placed it there. He reiterated his earlier stance that the Applicant had the document a...

6. DK & EK v S Ltd [2024] NZDT 359 (27 March 2024) [pdf, 194 KB]

   ...claim that their contract did not include a term limiting the liability. 21. That is because the terms of a contract are set at the beginning of the contract and cannot be introduced part way through the transaction. In my view the contract was formed at the point S Ltd accepted DK and EK’s request to come and inspect the property. 22. Given DK and EK only received the term limiting liability after this (ie once they received the report) it did not form part of their contractual a...

7. Holt & Ors as Trustees of the Kahala Trust v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 15 [pdf, 129 KB]

   ...saddle flashings. Therefore they considered the membrane installer was required to ensure weathertightness by using upstands at various junctions. The junctions between the waterproofing membrane and the block work were in their opinion poorly formed and this resulted in water Page | 6 infiltrating deck areas at the junction of the membrane and column upstand. [13] Both Mr Nevill and Mr Maiden also agreed that the membrane installer had not complied with the require...

8. AU v ACC (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 098 [pdf, 466 KB]

   ...June 2024 Held at: Wellington by AVL Appearances: The Appellant is self-represented J Sumner for the Accident Compensation Corporation (“the Corporation”) Judgment: 12 June 2024 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claims for personal injury - ss 20, 25, 26, Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”)] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 12 June 2023. The Reviewer dismissed applications for review of: 2...

9. [2010] NZEmpC 113 Service and Food Workers Union & Ors v OCS Ltd [pdf, 79 KB]

   ...the second plaintiffs transferred to OCS as their new employer on the same terms and conditions of employment. So although the identity of the second plaintiffs’ employer changed as did their work, the terms and conditions under which they performed these duties have continued, at least for a short period. [3] The history of relevant events in this case is as follows. Before 1 July 2010, cleaning work at Massey’s sites in Albany, Palmerston North and Wellington was carried...

10. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 15th-17th reports (continued) [pdf, 66 KB]

    UNITED NATIONS CERD International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination Distr. GENERAL CERD/C/SR.1822 8 August 2007 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Seventy-first session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 1822nd MEETING Held at the Palais Wilson, Geneva, on Thursday, 2 August 2007, at 10 a.m. Chairperson: Mr. de GOUTTES CONTENTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS, COMMENTS AND INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY STA...