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1. C v Accident Compensation Corporation [2020] NZHRRT 3 [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...information was collected. It is necessary for the Tribunal to determine whether ACC’s actions breached the Health Information Privacy Code 1994. 1 [This decision is to be cited as C v Accident Compensation Corporation [2020] NZHRRT 3.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 3 2 Background [2] In 1994 Mr C was in a severe car accident which resulted in serious injuries including a head injury and multiple fractures, including an L1 vertebral compression fracture...

2. Greenslade v Commissioner of Police (Privacy Act) [2021] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...Police. He was attracted to a career with the Police because he thought it would be exciting, active and a community-based position. 1 [This decision is to be cited as Greenslade v Commissioner of Police (Privacy Act) [2021] NZHRRT 54.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2021] NZHRRT 54 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [2] To be eligible to be appointed as a Police constable an applicant must first graduate from the Royal New Zealand Police College (Police College). Acco...

3. Director of Proceedings v Thomson [2015] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 293 KB]

   (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF AGGRIEVED PERSON, HER PARTNER AND HIS MOTHER (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2015] NZHRRT 5 Reference No. HRRT 005/2014 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND NATASHA THOMSON...

4. Affirmation of Mr Nicholas Head dated 9 December 2016 [pdf, 32 MB]

   ...in New Zealand, including New Zealand land environments, threatened land environments and the national priorities for the protection of indigenous biodiversity on private land; (c) Provide an ecological overview of the Mackenzie Basin from pre-human to present day; (d) Discuss known sites of ecological value in the Mackenzie Basin; including significant botanical values identified by tenure review, naturally rare ecosystems, threatened ecosystems and threatened plants; (e) Out...

5. Justice Matters - issue 13 - December 2018 [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...Tribunals Bills will have a broad impact for our people across Operations and Service Delivery as well as Court Security. Most amendments came into effect upon receiving Royal Assent. These include: • the ability to appoint deputy chairpersons to the Human Rights Review Tribunal • new standard powers and procedures for 21 tribunals. For example, the Legal Complaints Review Officer will be able to dismiss claims without merit, and to decide more matters on the papers • reversing...

6. VAB v Corrections [2022] NZHRRT 31 [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...(REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 [This decision is to be cited as VAB v Corrections [2022] NZHRRT 31. Due to publication restrictions this decision has been anonymised by the redaction of the true name of the plaintiff.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2022] NZHRRT 31 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [1] In May 2010 the plaintiff was a new father to a baby girl and completing a sentence of home detention. As part of his home detention sentence, he met wit...

7. Sax v Commissioner of Police (Strike-Out – Privacy) [2022] NZHRRT 34 [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 31 August 2022 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING OUT CLAIM-PRIVACY1 INTRODUCTION [1] In January 2015 Janine Sax filed a claim under the Privacy Act 1993 (Privacy Act) in the Human Rights Review Tribunal (Tribunal) claiming there had been an interference with her privacy by the New Zealand Police (Police). [2] The alleged privacy breaches occurred as early as 2011. 1 [This decision is to be cited as Sax v Commissioner...

8. Evidence Brief: Mental Health Courts [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...Interventions with Mental Health Illness: Evaluation of Mental Health Courts in Bronx and Brooklyn, New York, Urban Institute. Honegger, L. (2015). Does the Evidence Support the Case for Mental Health Courts? A Review of the Literature. Law and Human Behaviour, Vol. 39, No. 5. Citations i Thompson et al, 2007 ii Almquist and Dodd 2009 iii Schug and Fradella, 2015 iv Ibid. v Sowerwine and Schetzer, 2013 vi Sarteschi et al, 20...

9. Government Response to Law Commision Report on New Issues in Legal Parenthood [pdf, 36 KB]

   ...profiling); and - Powers of parents and the courts to undertake or compel parentage testing. (ii) Assigning legal parenthood, including recommendations about: - Allocating legal parenthood status (and consequent rights and responsibilities) where assisted human reproductive (AHR) procedures have been used; and - Processes for assigning and transferring legal parenthood status, for example to a known sperm or egg donor or to implement surrogacy arrangements. (iii) Information about genetic...

10. Hutt City Ltd & Anor v CAC 20002 & Anor [2013] NZREADT 109 [pdf, 127 KB]

    ...to have reserve backups in their own office when that is available 5 to 15 minutes away by car. In any case, the necessary and proper systems, with training systems, were in place but, perversely, a normally sensible real estate agent succumbed to human pressure from purchasers and prematurely handed over keys to the property on good faith. [47] We note that the Committee felt obliged to find that there was little evidence adduced to it to show that supervision or support was provided...